diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 0b659bb02ad4..67e8e5f366c5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -3420,8 +3420,6 @@ static int fd_getgeo(struct block_device *bdev, struct hd_geometry *geo)
 static int fd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned int cmd,
 		    unsigned long param)
 {
-#define FD_IOCTL_ALLOWED (mode & (FMODE_WRITE|FMODE_WRITE_IOCTL))
-
 	int drive = (long)bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
 	int type = ITYPE(UDRS->fd_device);
 	int i;
@@ -3454,7 +3452,7 @@ static int fd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned int cmd,
 		return ret;
 
 	/* permission checks */
-	if (((cmd & 0x40) && !FD_IOCTL_ALLOWED) ||
+	if (((cmd & 0x40) && !(mode & (FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_WRITE_IOCTL))) ||
 	    ((cmd & 0x80) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)))
 		return -EPERM;