diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
index 8836b31b4ef89df3b6c3bd6752ad774d80b1789a..e698f6ede44934ed4a49c37565ffa0e09aea5edb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static char *initmac;
  */
 static int wifi_test;
 
-module_param_string(ifname, ifname, sizeof(ifname), S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_string(ifname, ifname, sizeof(ifname), 0644);
 module_param(wifi_test, int, 0644);
 module_param(initmac, charp, 0644);
 module_param(video_mode, int, 0644);