diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
index 0191d247894c..39d11475d6c9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
 				      struct uffdio_copy)
 #define UFFDIO_ZEROPAGE		_IOWR(UFFDIO, _UFFDIO_ZEROPAGE,	\
 				      struct uffdio_zeropage)
-#define UFFDIO_CONTINUE		_IOR(UFFDIO, _UFFDIO_CONTINUE,	\
-				     struct uffdio_continue)
+#define UFFDIO_CONTINUE		_IOWR(UFFDIO, _UFFDIO_CONTINUE,	\
+				      struct uffdio_continue)
 
 /* read() structure */
 struct uffd_msg {