diff --git a/fs/vfs/fs_fstat.c b/fs/vfs/fs_fstat.c
index a1cd801a994..1e8d7c127bc 100644
--- a/fs/vfs/fs_fstat.c
+++ b/fs/vfs/fs_fstat.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int proxy_fstat(FAR struct file *filep, FAR struct inode *inode,
               buf->st_mode |= S_IROTH | S_IRGRP | S_IRUSR;
             }
 
-          if (inode->u.i_ops->writev || inode->u.i_ops->read)
+          if (inode->u.i_ops->writev || inode->u.i_ops->write)
             {
               buf->st_mode |= S_IWOTH | S_IWGRP | S_IWUSR;
             }