diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index 6f6d091b57573bf37fc98fdcb2df91c08787543d..a8db2570f99a9cb094daa2e773fc74e6e23d25bb 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static const struct file_operations kallsyms_operations = {
 
 static int __init kallsyms_init(void)
 {
-	proc_create("kallsyms", 0444, NULL, &kallsyms_operations);
+	proc_create("kallsyms", 0400, NULL, &kallsyms_operations);
 	return 0;
 }
 device_initcall(kallsyms_init);