diff --git a/apparmor.d/profiles-s-z/sddm b/apparmor.d/profiles-s-z/sddm
index 427fd733a..316cd9fb8 100644
--- a/apparmor.d/profiles-s-z/sddm
+++ b/apparmor.d/profiles-s-z/sddm
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ profile sddm @{exec_path} {
   owner @{HOME}/.Xauthority rw,
 
   /etc/default/locale r,
-  /etc/locale.conf
+  /etc/locale.conf r,
   @{etc_ro}/environment r,
 
   owner @{PROC}/@{pid}/loginuid rw,