diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/trancevibrator.c b/drivers/usb/misc/trancevibrator.c
index d77aba46ae85..f63776a48e2a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/trancevibrator.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/trancevibrator.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static ssize_t set_speed(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(speed, S_IWUGO | S_IRUGO, show_speed, set_speed);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(speed, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_speed, set_speed);
 
 static int tv_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 		    const struct usb_device_id *id)