diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 7780cd83a495..fca3452e56c1 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ static int __init kmemleak_late_init(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	dentry = debugfs_create_file("kmemleak", S_IRUGO, NULL, NULL,
+	dentry = debugfs_create_file("kmemleak", 0644, NULL, NULL,
 				     &kmemleak_fops);
 	if (!dentry)
 		pr_warn("Failed to create the debugfs kmemleak file\n");