diff --git a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_udev_find.c b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_udev_find.c
index 2e060e7d8a..d70fa5abc2 100644
--- a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_udev_find.c
+++ b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_udev_find.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ eeze_udev_find_by_type(Eeze_Udev_Type etype, const char *name)
            {
               int devcheck;
 
-              devcheck = open(udev_device_get_devnode(device), O_EXCL);
+              devcheck = open(udev_device_get_devnode(device), O_RDONLY | O_EXCL);
               if (errno)
                 {
                    if (devcheck >= 0) close(devcheck);
diff --git a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_udev_watch.c b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_udev_watch.c
index 7f824f722c..a3c2634ebc 100644
--- a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_udev_watch.c
+++ b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_udev_watch.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ _get_syspath_from_watch(void *data, Ecore_Fd_Handler * fd_handler)
           {
              int devcheck;
 
-             devcheck = open(udev_device_get_devnode(device), O_EXCL);
+             devcheck = open(udev_device_get_devnode(device), O_RDONLY | O_EXCL);
              if ((devcheck < 0) || errno) goto error;
              close(devcheck);
           }