diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_list.c b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
index 0e7f5428a1484ed85215a72e115759eace1392fb..0ed768b56c6061c9da5669649a15590e6f720264 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_list.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static int __init init_timer_list_procfs(void)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pe;
 
-	pe = proc_create("timer_list", 0444, NULL, &timer_list_fops);
+	pe = proc_create("timer_list", 0400, NULL, &timer_list_fops);
 	if (!pe)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;