diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 59e131e82b81..9d8936c7b40d 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ static int __init setup_vmstat(void)
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	proc_create("buddyinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &fragmentation_file_operations);
-	proc_create("pagetypeinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &pagetypeinfo_file_ops);
+	proc_create("pagetypeinfo", 0400, NULL, &pagetypeinfo_file_ops);
 	proc_create("vmstat", S_IRUGO, NULL, &proc_vmstat_file_operations);
 	proc_create("zoneinfo", S_IRUGO, NULL, &proc_zoneinfo_file_operations);
 #endif