diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 81aa3751492f2724d06c7dfbe56b0ae705c50d50..ce81b0a7d0186d38c68ace255c79fd744d2d153b 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ void __init init_mm_internals(void)
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	proc_create_seq("buddyinfo", 0444, NULL, &fragmentation_op);
-	proc_create_seq("pagetypeinfo", 0444, NULL, &pagetypeinfo_op);
+	proc_create_seq("pagetypeinfo", 0400, NULL, &pagetypeinfo_op);
 	proc_create_seq("vmstat", 0444, NULL, &vmstat_op);
 	proc_create_seq("zoneinfo", 0444, NULL, &zoneinfo_op);
 #endif