2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
index 7a34f827989..3a863f69272 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Debugfs is typically mounted with a command like:
     mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
 
 (Or an equivalent /etc/fstab line).
-The debugfs root directory is accessible by anyone by default. To
-restrict access to the tree the "uid", "gid" and "mode" mount
+The debugfs root directory is accessible only to the root user by
+default. To change access to the tree the "uid", "gid" and "mode" mount
 options can be used.
 
 Note that the debugfs API is exported GPL-only to modules.
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 2c9fafbe842..6393fd61d5c 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
-#define DEBUGFS_DEFAULT_MODE    0755
+#define DEBUGFS_DEFAULT_MODE    0700
 
 static struct vfsmount *debugfs_mount;
 static int debugfs_mount_count;