diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index d4c91e7ee833..6a1a532b7f5d 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1949,7 +1949,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.procname	= "sysfs_restrict",
 		.data		= &sysfs_restrict,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
+		.mode		= 0600,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,