diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.ntpd b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.ntpd
index 8038efed9..ec7c93031 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.ntpd
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.ntpd
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   /var/lib/ntp/drift rwl,
   /var/lib/ntp/drift.TEMP rwl,
   /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift.TEMP rw,
-  /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift r,
+  /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift rw,
   /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift.TEMP rw,
   /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift rw,
   /var/lib/ntp/var/run/ntp/ntpd.pid w,