diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index a66e838640ea..5c90765d37e7 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@ static int __init debugfs_kprobe_init(void)
 	if (!dir)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	file = debugfs_create_file("list", 0444, dir, NULL,
+	file = debugfs_create_file("list", 0400, dir, NULL,
 				&debugfs_kprobes_operations);
 	if (!file)
 		goto error;
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ static int __init debugfs_kprobe_init(void)
 	if (!file)
 		goto error;
 
-	file = debugfs_create_file("blacklist", 0444, dir, NULL,
+	file = debugfs_create_file("blacklist", 0400, dir, NULL,
 				&debugfs_kprobe_blacklist_ops);
 	if (!file)
 		goto error;