diff --git a/debugfs.c b/debugfs.c
index 8a345d17..96c83585 100644
--- a/debugfs.c
+++ b/debugfs.c
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ struct dentry *mt76_register_debugfs(struct mt76_dev *dev)
 	if (!dir)
 		return NULL;
 
-	debugfs_create_u8("led_pin", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, dir, &dev->led_pin);
-	debugfs_create_bool("led_active_low", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, dir, &dev->led_al);
-	debugfs_create_u32("regidx", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, dir, &dev->debugfs_reg);
-	debugfs_create_file_unsafe("regval", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, dir, dev,
+	debugfs_create_u8("led_pin", 0600, dir, &dev->led_pin);
+	debugfs_create_bool("led_active_low", 0600, dir, &dev->led_al);
+	debugfs_create_u32("regidx", 0600, dir, &dev->debugfs_reg);
+	debugfs_create_file_unsafe("regval", 0600, dir, dev,
 				   &fops_regval);
-	debugfs_create_blob("eeprom", S_IRUSR, dir, &dev->eeprom);
+	debugfs_create_blob("eeprom", 0400, dir, &dev->eeprom);
 	if (dev->otp.data)
-		debugfs_create_blob("otp", S_IRUSR, dir, &dev->otp);
+		debugfs_create_blob("otp", 0400, dir, &dev->otp);
 	debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(dev->dev, "queues", dir, mt76_queues_read);
 
 	return dir;
diff --git a/mt76x2_debugfs.c b/mt76x2_debugfs.c
index 295aa2aa..77b5ff1b 100644
--- a/mt76x2_debugfs.c
+++ b/mt76x2_debugfs.c
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ void mt76x2_init_debugfs(struct mt76x2_dev *dev)
 	if (!dir)
 		return;
 
-	debugfs_create_u8("temperature", S_IRUSR, dir, &dev->cal.temp);
-	debugfs_create_bool("tpc", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, dir, &dev->enable_tpc);
+	debugfs_create_u8("temperature", 0400, dir, &dev->cal.temp);
+	debugfs_create_bool("tpc", 0600, dir, &dev->enable_tpc);
 
-	debugfs_create_file("ampdu_stat", S_IRUSR, dir, dev, &fops_ampdu_stat);
-	debugfs_create_file("dfs_stats", S_IRUSR, dir, dev, &fops_dfs_stat);
+	debugfs_create_file("ampdu_stat", 0400, dir, dev, &fops_ampdu_stat);
+	debugfs_create_file("dfs_stats", 0400, dir, dev, &fops_dfs_stat);
 	debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(dev->mt76.dev, "txpower", dir,
 				    read_txpower);