diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index 075d694d20e3d7daf408c8cb7e967b5398ddb9e4..15edbf6b1e2ed612aeafd50ded863acc7bca1127 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -1245,7 +1245,8 @@ static ssize_t user_events_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 	if (unlikely(*ppos != 0))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (unlikely(import_single_range(READ, (char *)ubuf, count, &iov, &i)))
+	if (unlikely(import_single_range(WRITE, (char __user *)ubuf,
+					 count, &iov, &i)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return user_events_write_core(file, &i);