diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/android_alarm.h b/drivers/staging/android/android_alarm.h
index d0cafd637199..f2ffd963f1c3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/android_alarm.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/android_alarm.h
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ enum android_alarm_return_flags {
 #define ANDROID_ALARM_WAIT                  _IO('a', 1)
 
 #define ALARM_IOW(c, type, size)            _IOW('a', (c) | ((type) << 4), size)
+#define ALARM_IOR(c, type, size)            _IOR('a', (c) | ((type) << 4), size)
+
 /* Set alarm */
 #define ANDROID_ALARM_SET(type)             ALARM_IOW(2, type, struct timespec)
 #define ANDROID_ALARM_SET_AND_WAIT(type)    ALARM_IOW(3, type, struct timespec)
-#define ANDROID_ALARM_GET_TIME(type)        ALARM_IOW(4, type, struct timespec)
+#define ANDROID_ALARM_GET_TIME(type)        ALARM_IOR(4, type, struct timespec)
 #define ANDROID_ALARM_SET_RTC               _IOW('a', 5, struct timespec)
 #define ANDROID_ALARM_BASE_CMD(cmd)         (cmd & ~(_IOC(0, 0, 0xf0, 0)))
 #define ANDROID_ALARM_IOCTL_TO_TYPE(cmd)    (_IOC_NR(cmd) >> 4)