diff --git a/src/RTEMS/base/setBootConfigFromNVRAM.c b/src/RTEMS/base/setBootConfigFromNVRAM.c
index 5f8d09d1f..ac7ec399a 100644
--- a/src/RTEMS/base/setBootConfigFromNVRAM.c
+++ b/src/RTEMS/base/setBootConfigFromNVRAM.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ setBootConfigFromNVRAM(void)
 # else
     char gev_buf[3592];
     int fd;
-    if ((fd = open(BSP_I2C_VPD_EEPROM_DEV_NAME)) < 0) {
+    if ((fd = open(BSP_I2C_VPD_EEPROM_DEV_NAME, 0)) < 0) {
         printf("Can't open %s: %s\n", BSP_I2C_VPD_EEPROM_DEV_NAME, strerror(errno));
         return;
     }