1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/journald.c b/src/journal/journald.c
index 1549e6e039..2e2d30f8e8 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald.c
@@ -2480,7 +2480,7 @@ static int open_proc_kmsg(Server *s) {
                 return 0;
 
 
-        s->proc_kmsg_fd = open("/proc/kmsg", O_CLOEXEC|O_NONBLOCK|O_NOCTTY);
+        s->proc_kmsg_fd = open("/proc/kmsg", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_NONBLOCK|O_NOCTTY);
         if (s->proc_kmsg_fd < 0) {
                 log_warning("Failed to open /proc/kmsg, ignoring: %m");
                 return 0;