diff --git a/mm/hwpoison-inject.c b/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
index 3a61efc518d5..afc2daa91c60 100644
--- a/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
+++ b/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ static int pfn_inject_init(void)
 	 * hardware status change, hence do not require hardware support.
 	 * They are mainly for testing hwpoison in software level.
 	 */
-	dentry = debugfs_create_file("corrupt-pfn", 0600, hwpoison_dir,
+	dentry = debugfs_create_file("corrupt-pfn", 0200, hwpoison_dir,
 					  NULL, &hwpoison_fops);
 	if (!dentry)
 		goto fail;
 
-	dentry = debugfs_create_file("unpoison-pfn", 0600, hwpoison_dir,
+	dentry = debugfs_create_file("unpoison-pfn", 0200, hwpoison_dir,
 				     NULL, &unpoison_fops);
 	if (!dentry)
 		goto fail;