diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
index 4736c64937b4d0eafa03cb463fb14248e34139de..f4bb08b62d1a009ed8bb6dd113203694bff1e078 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static const struct file_operations name## _ops = {			\
 };
 
 #define DEBUGFS_ADD(name)						\
-	local->debugfs.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0444, phyd,	\
+	local->debugfs.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0400, phyd,	\
 						  local, &name## _ops);
 
 #define DEBUGFS_DEL(name)						\
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static const struct file_operations stats_ ##name## _ops = {		\
 };
 
 #define DEBUGFS_STATS_ADD(name)						\
-	local->debugfs.stats.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0444, statsd,\
+	local->debugfs.stats.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0400, statsd,\
 		local, &stats_ ##name## _ops);
 
 #define DEBUGFS_STATS_DEL(name)						\
diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c
index 3e19d42e61cb2ca9416edbdf5cd42035a7282370..55cd6fc3f2e0ccb007168f0e37ec27696da0e022 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ IEEE80211_IF_WFILE(min_discovery_timeout,
 
 
 #define DEBUGFS_ADD(name, type)\
-	sdata->debugfs.type.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0444,\
+	sdata->debugfs.type.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0400,\
 		sdata->debugfsdir, sdata, &name##_ops);
 
 static void add_sta_files(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static void add_monitor_files(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH
 #define MESHSTATS_ADD(name)\
-	sdata->mesh_stats.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0444,\
+	sdata->mesh_stats.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0400,\
 		sdata->mesh_stats_dir, sdata, &name##_ops);
 
 static void add_mesh_stats(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static void add_mesh_stats(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 }
 
 #define MESHPARAMS_ADD(name)\
-	sdata->mesh_config.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0644,\
+	sdata->mesh_config.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0600,\
 		sdata->mesh_config_dir, sdata, &name##_ops);
 
 static void add_mesh_config(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
index 256ea880d28bbf4dea8982d87da723fb1961efb2..6d47a1d31b37a550164e424ca9571b67709418db 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static ssize_t sta_agg_status_write(struct file *file,
 STA_OPS_WR(agg_status);
 
 #define DEBUGFS_ADD(name) \
-	sta->debugfs.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0444, \
+	sta->debugfs.name = debugfs_create_file(#name, 0400, \
 		sta->debugfs.dir, sta, &sta_ ##name## _ops);
 
 #define DEBUGFS_DEL(name) \