return snprintf(buf, 20, "%u\n", sdkp->protection_type);
 }
 
+static ssize_t
+sd_store_protection_type(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+                        const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+       struct scsi_disk *sdkp = to_scsi_disk(dev);
+       unsigned int val;
+       int err;
+
+       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+               return -EACCES;
+
+       err = kstrtouint(buf, 10, &val);
+
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
+       if (val >= 0 && val <= SD_DIF_TYPE3_PROTECTION)
+               sdkp->protection_type = val;
+
+       return count;
+}
+
 static ssize_t
 sd_show_protection_mode(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
                        char *buf)
               sd_store_allow_restart),
        __ATTR(manage_start_stop, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, sd_show_manage_start_stop,
               sd_store_manage_start_stop),
-       __ATTR(protection_type, S_IRUGO, sd_show_protection_type, NULL),
+       __ATTR(protection_type, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, sd_show_protection_type,
+              sd_store_protection_type),
        __ATTR(protection_mode, S_IRUGO, sd_show_protection_mode, NULL),
        __ATTR(app_tag_own, S_IRUGO, sd_show_app_tag_own, NULL),
        __ATTR(thin_provisioning, S_IRUGO, sd_show_thin_provisioning, NULL),