diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index c7f5c08f879036fd61e49f0dff6e93d3b66cb6b1..50375bb8e51d921582aa2685bdfe551acdc60ca2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ int __init devtmpfs_init(void)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	mnt = kern_mount(&dev_fs_type);
+	mnt = kern_mount_data(&dev_fs_type, "mode=0755");
 	if (IS_ERR(mnt)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(mnt);
 		printk(KERN_ERR "devtmpfs: unable to create devtmpfs %i\n", err);