diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
index 6a30ea3f1d82..ade7771b208a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ module_param(nreaders, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nreaders, "Number of RCU reader threads");
 module_param(nfakewriters, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nfakewriters, "Number of RCU fake writer threads");
-module_param(stat_interval, int, 0444);
+module_param(stat_interval, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(stat_interval, "Number of seconds between stats printk()s");
 module_param(verbose, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose, "Enable verbose debugging printk()s");