diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
index 72cbced48a8dde099faf6617f4ff268bd1969fa7..85309448c5e73ba917ce7fa0d098ded3a432443c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ module_param(ip_list_tot, uint, 0400);
 module_param(ip_pkt_list_tot, uint, 0400);
 module_param(ip_list_hash_size, uint, 0400);
 module_param(ip_list_perms, uint, 0400);
-module_param(ip_list_uid, uint, 0400);
-module_param(ip_list_gid, uint, 0400);
+module_param(ip_list_uid, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param(ip_list_gid, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_tot, "number of IPs to remember per list");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_pkt_list_tot, "number of packets per IP address to remember (max. 255)");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_hash_size, "size of hash table used to look up IPs");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_perms, "permissions on /proc/net/xt_recent/* files");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_uid,"owner of /proc/net/xt_recent/* files");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_gid,"owning group of /proc/net/xt_recent/* files");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_uid, "default owner of /proc/net/xt_recent/* files");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ip_list_gid, "default owning group of /proc/net/xt_recent/* files");
 
 struct recent_entry {
 	struct list_head	list;