diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c b/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c
index 4193af5f2743..1707d224232d 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static void ab3100_setup_debugfs(struct ab3100 *ab3100)
 	ab3100_get_priv.ab3100 = ab3100;
 	ab3100_get_priv.mode = false;
 	ab3100_get_reg_file = debugfs_create_file("get_reg",
-				S_IWUGO, ab3100_dir, &ab3100_get_priv,
+				S_IWUSR, ab3100_dir, &ab3100_get_priv,
 				&ab3100_get_set_reg_fops);
 	if (!ab3100_get_reg_file) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static void ab3100_setup_debugfs(struct ab3100 *ab3100)
 	ab3100_set_priv.ab3100 = ab3100;
 	ab3100_set_priv.mode = true;
 	ab3100_set_reg_file = debugfs_create_file("set_reg",
-				S_IWUGO, ab3100_dir, &ab3100_set_priv,
+				S_IWUSR, ab3100_dir, &ab3100_set_priv,
 				&ab3100_get_set_reg_fops);
 	if (!ab3100_set_reg_file) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;