diff --git a/fs/signalfd.c b/fs/signalfd.c
index b07565c..1dabe4e 100644
--- a/fs/signalfd.c
+++ b/fs/signalfd.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 		 * anon_inode_getfd() will install the fd.
 		 */
 		ufd = anon_inode_getfd("[signalfd]", &signalfd_fops, ctx,
-				       flags & (O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK));
+				       O_RDWR | (flags & (O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK)));
 		if (ufd < 0)
 			kfree(ctx);
 	} else {