diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index 5c487ff096c7..ac65ee27ae4c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -597,6 +597,8 @@ static int aac_cfg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static int aac_cfg_ioctl(struct inode *inode,  struct file *file,
 		unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return aac_do_ioctl(file->private_data, cmd, (void __user *)arg);
 }
 
@@ -650,6 +652,8 @@ static int aac_compat_ioctl(struct scsi_device *sdev, int cmd, void __user *arg)
 
 static long aac_compat_cfg_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return aac_compat_do_ioctl((struct aac_dev *)file->private_data, cmd, arg);
 }
 #endif