diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index c9605c4..14f94cd 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	if (mode == PTRACE_MODE_READ) {
+	if (mode & PTRACE_MODE_READ) {
 		u32 sid = current_sid();
 		u32 csid = task_sid(child);
 		return avc_has_perm(sid, csid, SECCLASS_FILE, FILE__READ, NULL);