diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
index 2500ab2e1d91..b5111702856a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
@@ -2361,21 +2361,22 @@ struct iwl_cfg iwl4965_agn_cfg = {
 /* Module firmware */
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(IWL4965_MODULE_FIRMWARE(IWL4965_UCODE_API_MAX));
 
-module_param_named(antenna, iwl4965_mod_params.antenna, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(antenna, iwl4965_mod_params.antenna, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(antenna, "select antenna (1=Main, 2=Aux, default 0 [both])");
-module_param_named(swcrypto, iwl4965_mod_params.sw_crypto, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(swcrypto, iwl4965_mod_params.sw_crypto, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(swcrypto, "using crypto in software (default 0 [hardware])");
 module_param_named(
-	disable_hw_scan, iwl4965_mod_params.disable_hw_scan, int, 0444);
+	disable_hw_scan, iwl4965_mod_params.disable_hw_scan, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan, "disable hardware scanning (default 0)");
 
-module_param_named(queues_num, iwl4965_mod_params.num_of_queues, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(queues_num, iwl4965_mod_params.num_of_queues, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(queues_num, "number of hw queues.");
 /* 11n */
-module_param_named(11n_disable, iwl4965_mod_params.disable_11n, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(11n_disable, iwl4965_mod_params.disable_11n, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(11n_disable, "disable 11n functionality");
-module_param_named(amsdu_size_8K, iwl4965_mod_params.amsdu_size_8K, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(amsdu_size_8K, iwl4965_mod_params.amsdu_size_8K,
+		   int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(amsdu_size_8K, "enable 8K amsdu size");
 
-module_param_named(fw_restart4965, iwl4965_mod_params.restart_fw, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(fw_restart4965, iwl4965_mod_params.restart_fw, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(fw_restart4965, "restart firmware in case of error");
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
index c81fd4bc32b4..75fa55db330e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
@@ -1752,14 +1752,15 @@ struct iwl_cfg iwl5150_agn_cfg = {
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(IWL5000_MODULE_FIRMWARE(IWL5000_UCODE_API_MAX));
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(IWL5150_MODULE_FIRMWARE(IWL5150_UCODE_API_MAX));
 
-module_param_named(swcrypto50, iwl50_mod_params.sw_crypto, bool, 0444);
+module_param_named(swcrypto50, iwl50_mod_params.sw_crypto, bool, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(swcrypto50,
 		  "using software crypto engine (default 0 [hardware])\n");
-module_param_named(queues_num50, iwl50_mod_params.num_of_queues, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(queues_num50, iwl50_mod_params.num_of_queues, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(queues_num50, "number of hw queues in 50xx series");
-module_param_named(11n_disable50, iwl50_mod_params.disable_11n, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(11n_disable50, iwl50_mod_params.disable_11n, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(11n_disable50, "disable 50XX 11n functionality");
-module_param_named(amsdu_size_8K50, iwl50_mod_params.amsdu_size_8K, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(amsdu_size_8K50, iwl50_mod_params.amsdu_size_8K,
+		   int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(amsdu_size_8K50, "enable 8K amsdu size in 50XX series");
-module_param_named(fw_restart50, iwl50_mod_params.restart_fw, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(fw_restart50, iwl50_mod_params.restart_fw, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(fw_restart50, "restart firmware in case of error");
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index 2a7cc4bdf3fd..cf2b481dca6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -3322,9 +3322,9 @@ module_exit(iwl_exit);
 module_init(iwl_init);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG
-module_param_named(debug50, iwl_debug_level, uint, 0444);
+module_param_named(debug50, iwl_debug_level, uint, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug50, "50XX debug output mask (deprecated)");
-module_param_named(debug, iwl_debug_level, uint, 0644);
+module_param_named(debug, iwl_debug_level, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug output mask");
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index c390dbd877e4..4a4af0f782f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -4225,18 +4225,19 @@ static void __exit iwl3945_exit(void)
 
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(IWL3945_MODULE_FIRMWARE(IWL3945_UCODE_API_MAX));
 
-module_param_named(antenna, iwl3945_mod_params.antenna, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(antenna, iwl3945_mod_params.antenna, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(antenna, "select antenna (1=Main, 2=Aux, default 0 [both])");
-module_param_named(swcrypto, iwl3945_mod_params.sw_crypto, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(swcrypto, iwl3945_mod_params.sw_crypto, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(swcrypto,
 		 "using software crypto (default 1 [software])\n");
 #ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG
-module_param_named(debug, iwl_debug_level, uint, 0644);
+module_param_named(debug, iwl_debug_level, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug output mask");
 #endif
-module_param_named(disable_hw_scan, iwl3945_mod_params.disable_hw_scan, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(disable_hw_scan, iwl3945_mod_params.disable_hw_scan,
+		   int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan, "disable hardware scanning (default 0)");
-module_param_named(fw_restart3945, iwl3945_mod_params.restart_fw, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(fw_restart3945, iwl3945_mod_params.restart_fw, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(fw_restart3945, "restart firmware in case of error");
 
 module_exit(iwl3945_exit);