diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
index 2d483874a58909ca77d359c1d201067dea7cb450..8881a717e9da6df753e9e0c9e8db256dbe464e35 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ static ssize_t set_mode(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(mode, S_IWUGO | S_IRUGO, show_mode, set_mode);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(mode, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_mode, set_mode);
 
 int ipoib_cm_add_mode_attr(struct net_device *dev)
 {