diff --git a/sys/dev/drm/drmP.h b/sys/dev/drm/drmP.h
index c55eb46ddd13..9a4a1702431a 100644
--- a/sys/dev/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/sys/dev/drm/drmP.h
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ enum {
 
 #define PAGE_ALIGN(addr) round_page(addr)
 /* DRM_SUSER returns true if the user is superuser */
-#define DRM_SUSER(p)		(priv_check(p, PRIV_DRIVER) == 0)
+#define DRM_SUSER(p)		(priv_check(p, PRIV_KMEM_WRITE) == 0)
 #define DRM_AGP_FIND_DEVICE()	agp_find_device()
 #define DRM_MTRR_WC		MDF_WRITECOMBINE
 #define jiffies			ticks