diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index b5a9d9b26bd4..69c1ff003628 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ struct attribute_group {
 	.show	= _name##_show,						\
 }
 
+#define __ATTR_WO(_name) {						\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = S_IWUSR },	\
+	.store	= _name##_store,					\
+}
+
 #define __ATTR_RW(_name) __ATTR(_name, (S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO),		\
 			 _name##_show, _name##_store)