diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index 7d3370289938cb52d36d66da4b0492f02d36d92c..6ddf2bc36f15ae574a99ca7dd6edada6531c3406 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -1890,11 +1890,11 @@ static void pinctrl_init_device_debugfs(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 			dev_name(pctldev->dev));
 		return;
 	}
-	debugfs_create_file("pins", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_file("pins", 0444,
 			    device_root, pctldev, &pinctrl_pins_fops);
-	debugfs_create_file("pingroups", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_file("pingroups", 0444,
 			    device_root, pctldev, &pinctrl_groups_fops);
-	debugfs_create_file("gpio-ranges", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_file("gpio-ranges", 0444,
 			    device_root, pctldev, &pinctrl_gpioranges_fops);
 	if (pctldev->desc->pmxops)
 		pinmux_init_device_debugfs(device_root, pctldev);
@@ -1916,11 +1916,11 @@ static void pinctrl_init_debugfs(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	debugfs_create_file("pinctrl-devices", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_file("pinctrl-devices", 0444,
 			    debugfs_root, NULL, &pinctrl_devices_fops);
-	debugfs_create_file("pinctrl-maps", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_file("pinctrl-maps", 0444,
 			    debugfs_root, NULL, &pinctrl_maps_fops);
-	debugfs_create_file("pinctrl-handles", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_file("pinctrl-handles", 0444,
 			    debugfs_root, NULL, &pinctrl_fops);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c
index 02c075cc010b10b5925c665bababc51daf1458e9..d9d54065472eb31c89ee552e98f82aa6566ace12 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c
@@ -370,9 +370,9 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(pinconf_groups);
 void pinconf_init_device_debugfs(struct dentry *devroot,
 			 struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 {
-	debugfs_create_file("pinconf-pins", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_file("pinconf-pins", 0444,
 			    devroot, pctldev, &pinconf_pins_fops);
-	debugfs_create_file("pinconf-groups", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_file("pinconf-groups", 0444,
 			    devroot, pctldev, &pinconf_groups_fops);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c
index 36a11c9e893ad78e02f71625d7afc6997e18bb41..9c0174520e78d6071e2f6e8661009dfd97c57fd9 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c
@@ -676,9 +676,9 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(pinmux_pins);
 void pinmux_init_device_debugfs(struct dentry *devroot,
 			 struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 {
-	debugfs_create_file("pinmux-functions", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_file("pinmux-functions", 0444,
 			    devroot, pctldev, &pinmux_functions_fops);
-	debugfs_create_file("pinmux-pins", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_file("pinmux-pins", 0444,
 			    devroot, pctldev, &pinmux_pins_fops);
 }