diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
index 159a74e9564f..05b31d60acf6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@
 				      struct uffdio_zeropage)
 #define UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT	_IOWR(UFFDIO, _UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT, \
 				      struct uffdio_writeprotect)
-#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 {