diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
index ac7423bfaa7d..acb7121a9316 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/vfio.h>
@@ -1359,6 +1360,9 @@ static const struct file_operations vfio_device_fops = {
  */
 static char *vfio_devnode(struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
 {
+	if (MINOR(dev->devt) == 0)
+		*mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO;
+
 	return kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "vfio/%s", dev_name(dev));
 }