diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-class.c b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
index 112502a56e3e..3b152e7af22a 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-class.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
@@ -72,7 +72,24 @@ static ssize_t max_brightness_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", led_cdev->max_brightness);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(max_brightness);
+
+static ssize_t max_brightness_store(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	unsigned long state;
+	ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &state);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	led_cdev->max_brightness = state;
+	led_set_brightness(led_cdev, led_cdev->brightness);
+
+	return size;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(max_brightness);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGERS
 static DEVICE_ATTR(trigger, 0644, led_trigger_show, led_trigger_store);