diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 5bfc2047afe..708efe88615 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -4579,7 +4579,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_slabstats_operations = {
 
 static int __init slab_proc_init(void)
 {
-	proc_create("slabinfo",S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO,NULL,&proc_slabinfo_operations);
+	proc_create("slabinfo",S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR,NULL,&proc_slabinfo_operations);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
 	proc_create("slab_allocators", 0, NULL, &proc_slabstats_operations);
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 3b3f17bc0d1..943f4906131 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -4386,11 +4386,12 @@ struct slab_attribute {
 };
 
 #define SLAB_ATTR_RO(_name) \
-	static struct slab_attribute _name##_attr = __ATTR_RO(_name)
+	static struct slab_attribute _name##_attr = \
+	__ATTR(_name, 0400, _name##_show, NULL)
 
 #define SLAB_ATTR(_name) \
 	static struct slab_attribute _name##_attr =  \
-	__ATTR(_name, 0644, _name##_show, _name##_store)
+	__ATTR(_name, 0600, _name##_show, _name##_store)
 
 static ssize_t slab_size_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf)
 {
@@ -5231,7 +5232,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_slabinfo_operations = {
 
 static int __init slab_proc_init(void)
 {
-	proc_create("slabinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &proc_slabinfo_operations);
+	proc_create("slabinfo", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_slabinfo_operations);
 	return 0;
 }
 module_init(slab_proc_init);