diff --git a/fs/timerfd.c b/fs/timerfd.c
index b042bd7..1bfc95a 100644
--- a/fs/timerfd.c
+++ b/fs/timerfd.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 	hrtimer_init(&ctx->tmr, clockid, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 
 	ufd = anon_inode_getfd("[timerfd]", &timerfd_fops, ctx,
-			       flags & TFD_SHARED_FCNTL_FLAGS);
+			       O_RDWR | (flags & TFD_SHARED_FCNTL_FLAGS));
 	if (ufd < 0)
 		kfree(ctx);