diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16220_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16220_core.c
index c2b20913937f..1c1e98aee2d9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16220_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16220_core.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(reset, S_IWUSR, NULL,
 		adis16220_write_reset, 0);
 
 #define IIO_DEV_ATTR_CAPTURE(_store)				\
-	IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(capture, S_IRUSR, NULL, _store, 0)
+	IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(capture, S_IWUSR, NULL, _store, 0)
 
 static IIO_DEV_ATTR_CAPTURE(adis16220_write_capture);