diff --git a/drivers/staging/frontier/tranzport.c b/drivers/staging/frontier/tranzport.c
index 1611a27e9b77..8894ab14f167 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/frontier/tranzport.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/frontier/tranzport.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static void usb_tranzport_abort_transfers(struct usb_tranzport *dev)
 		t->value = temp;	\
 		return count;	\
 	}	\
-	static DEVICE_ATTR(value, S_IRUSR | S_IRUGO, show_##value, set_##value);
+	static DEVICE_ATTR(value, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_##value, set_##value);
 
 show_int(enable);
 show_int(offline);