diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index b4218390941e..3fd16d7212de 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ store_priv_session_##field(struct device *dev,				\
 #define iscsi_priv_session_rw_attr(field, format)			\
 	iscsi_priv_session_attr_show(field, format)			\
 	iscsi_priv_session_attr_store(field)				\
-static ISCSI_CLASS_ATTR(priv_sess, field, S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,		\
+static ISCSI_CLASS_ATTR(priv_sess, field, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,		\
 			show_priv_session_##field,			\
 			store_priv_session_##field)
 iscsi_priv_session_rw_attr(recovery_tmo, "%d");