diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 1b9864cdd83c..0f9dcf61c13a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(ql2xshiftctondsd,
 		"based on total number of SG elements.");
 
 int ql2xfdmienable=1;
-module_param(ql2xfdmienable, int, S_IRUGO);
+module_param(ql2xfdmienable, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ql2xfdmienable,
 		"Enables FDMI registrations. "
 		"0 - no FDMI. Default is 1 - perform FDMI.");