diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 2e8e9fdfadf5d0f70e64606c274fc318728af3fa..5de2c4a6ed3e9ab28b48c5152a3aad2de083b935 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ u64 __read_mostly efer_reserved_bits = ~((u64)(EFER_SCE | EFER_LME | EFER_LMA));
 static u64 __read_mostly efer_reserved_bits = ~((u64)EFER_SCE);
 #endif
 
-#define VM_STAT(x) offsetof(struct kvm, stat.x), KVM_STAT_VM
-#define VCPU_STAT(x) offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu, stat.x), KVM_STAT_VCPU
+#define VM_STAT(x, ...) offsetof(struct kvm, stat.x), KVM_STAT_VM, ## __VA_ARGS__
+#define VCPU_STAT(x, ...) offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu, stat.x), KVM_STAT_VCPU, ## __VA_ARGS__
 
 #define KVM_X2APIC_API_VALID_FLAGS (KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS | \
                                     KVM_X2APIC_API_DISABLE_BROADCAST_QUIRK)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item debugfs_entries[] = {
 	{ "mmu_cache_miss", VM_STAT(mmu_cache_miss) },
 	{ "mmu_unsync", VM_STAT(mmu_unsync) },
 	{ "remote_tlb_flush", VM_STAT(remote_tlb_flush) },
-	{ "largepages", VM_STAT(lpages) },
+	{ "largepages", VM_STAT(lpages, .mode = 0444) },
 	{ "max_mmu_page_hash_collisions",
 		VM_STAT(max_mmu_page_hash_collisions) },
 	{ NULL }
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index d42a36e4e6c24ed97f7ceebbc844b382128b1276..3d0a6194ce8856ca30557a7b6092c3a4237696ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1034,6 +1034,7 @@ enum kvm_stat_kind {
 
 struct kvm_stat_data {
 	int offset;
+	int mode;
 	struct kvm *kvm;
 };
 
@@ -1041,6 +1042,7 @@ struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item {
 	const char *name;
 	int offset;
 	enum kvm_stat_kind kind;
+	int mode;
 };
 extern struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item debugfs_entries[];
 extern struct dentry *kvm_debugfs_dir;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 4a584a57522161ff6e389f8a55e21b600a50694f..0c578a1929b8323bfc06ce8b7d5e4071c3922216 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -616,8 +616,9 @@ static int kvm_create_vm_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm, int fd)
 
 		stat_data->kvm = kvm;
 		stat_data->offset = p->offset;
+		stat_data->mode = p->mode ? p->mode : 0644;
 		kvm->debugfs_stat_data[p - debugfs_entries] = stat_data;
-		debugfs_create_file(p->name, 0644, kvm->debugfs_dentry,
+		debugfs_create_file(p->name, stat_data->mode, kvm->debugfs_dentry,
 				    stat_data, stat_fops_per_vm[p->kind]);
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -3714,7 +3715,9 @@ static int kvm_debugfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&stat_data->kvm->users_count))
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	if (simple_attr_open(inode, file, get, set, fmt)) {
+	if (simple_attr_open(inode, file, get,
+			     stat_data->mode & S_IWUGO ? set : NULL,
+			     fmt)) {
 		kvm_put_kvm(stat_data->kvm);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -3962,7 +3965,8 @@ static void kvm_init_debug(void)
 
 	kvm_debugfs_num_entries = 0;
 	for (p = debugfs_entries; p->name; ++p, kvm_debugfs_num_entries++) {
-		debugfs_create_file(p->name, 0644, kvm_debugfs_dir,
+		int mode = p->mode ? p->mode : 0644;
+		debugfs_create_file(p->name, mode, kvm_debugfs_dir,
 				    (void *)(long)p->offset,
 				    stat_fops[p->kind]);
 	}