diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/usbled.c b/drivers/usb/misc/usbled.c
index 63da2c3c838fd0b6495d0429a870e3b1e035e9dd..c96f51de1696581faba425fb29db3a18f9ef1458 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/usbled.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/usbled.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static ssize_t set_##value(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, co
 	change_color(led);						\
 	return count;							\
 }									\
-static DEVICE_ATTR(value, S_IWUGO | S_IRUGO, show_##value, set_##value);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(value, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_##value, set_##value);
 show_set(blue);
 show_set(red);
 show_set(green);