diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c
index 2bad163..cd0bbc0 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c
@@ -353,11 +353,12 @@
 static struct bin_attribute m48t59_nvram_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "nvram",
-		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
+		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.read = m48t59_nvram_read,
 	.write = m48t59_nvram_write,
+	.size = M48T59_NVRAM_SIZE,
 };
 
 static int __devinit m48t59_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)