diff --git a/biometrics/fingerprint/2.1/default/BiometricsFingerprint.cpp b/biometrics/fingerprint/2.1/default/BiometricsFingerprint.cpp
index 5b00675..83c7de8 100644
--- a/biometrics/fingerprint/2.1/default/BiometricsFingerprint.cpp
+++ b/biometrics/fingerprint/2.1/default/BiometricsFingerprint.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "BiometricsFingerprint.h"
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 namespace android {
 namespace hardware {
@@ -189,7 +190,12 @@
         const hidl_string& storePath) {
     if (storePath.size() >= PATH_MAX || storePath.size() <= 0) {
         ALOGE("Bad path length: %zd", storePath.size());
+        return RequestStatus::SYS_EINVAL;
     }
+    if (access(storePath.c_str(), W_OK)) {
+        return RequestStatus::SYS_EINVAL;
+    }
+
     return ErrorFilter(mDevice->set_active_group(mDevice, gid,
                                                     storePath.c_str()));
 }