diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/seccomp.h b/include/uapi/linux/seccomp.h
index c1735455bc536b..965290f7dcc282 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/seccomp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/seccomp.h
@@ -123,5 +123,6 @@ struct seccomp_notif_resp {
 #define SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_RECV	SECCOMP_IOWR(0, struct seccomp_notif)
 #define SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND	SECCOMP_IOWR(1,	\
 						struct seccomp_notif_resp)
-#define SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ID_VALID	SECCOMP_IOR(2, __u64)
+#define SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ID_VALID	SECCOMP_IOW(2, __u64)
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SECCOMP_H */
diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index 5f0e3f3a7a5deb..0ed57e8c49d0b7 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@
 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
 
+/*
+ * When SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ID_VALID was first introduced, it had the
+ * wrong direction flag in the ioctl number. This is the broken one,
+ * which the kernel needs to keep supporting until all userspaces stop
+ * using the wrong command number.
+ */
+#define SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ID_VALID_WRONG_DIR	SECCOMP_IOR(2, __u64)
+
 enum notify_state {
 	SECCOMP_NOTIFY_INIT,
 	SECCOMP_NOTIFY_SENT,
@@ -1236,6 +1244,7 @@ static long seccomp_notify_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		return seccomp_notify_recv(filter, buf);
 	case SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND:
 		return seccomp_notify_send(filter, buf);
+	case SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ID_VALID_WRONG_DIR:
 	case SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ID_VALID:
 		return seccomp_notify_id_valid(filter, buf);
 	default:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
index 43884b6625fc42..61f9ac200001bc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ struct seccomp_metadata {
 #define SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_RECV	SECCOMP_IOWR(0, struct seccomp_notif)
 #define SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND	SECCOMP_IOWR(1,	\
 						struct seccomp_notif_resp)
-#define SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ID_VALID	SECCOMP_IOR(2, __u64)
+#define SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_ID_VALID	SECCOMP_IOW(2, __u64)
 
 struct seccomp_notif {
 	__u64 id;