diff --git a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
index b2f87015d6e9..3f38583bed06 100644
--- a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
+++ b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int __init lockdown_secfs_init(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
-	dentry = securityfs_create_file("lockdown", 0600, NULL, NULL,
+	dentry = securityfs_create_file("lockdown", 0644, NULL, NULL,
 					&lockdown_ops);
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dentry);
 }