diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c b/drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c
index 3c1541ae7223..64748e42ac03 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c
@@ -585,18 +585,18 @@ static int __devinit ab8500_debug_probe(struct platform_device *plf)
 		goto exit_destroy_dir;
 
 	ab8500_bank_file = debugfs_create_file("register-bank",
-		(S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO), ab8500_dir, &plf->dev, &ab8500_bank_fops);
+		(S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR), ab8500_dir, &plf->dev, &ab8500_bank_fops);
 	if (!ab8500_bank_file)
 		goto exit_destroy_reg;
 
 	ab8500_address_file = debugfs_create_file("register-address",
-		(S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO), ab8500_dir, &plf->dev,
+		(S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR), ab8500_dir, &plf->dev,
 		&ab8500_address_fops);
 	if (!ab8500_address_file)
 		goto exit_destroy_bank;
 
 	ab8500_val_file = debugfs_create_file("register-value",
-		(S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO), ab8500_dir, &plf->dev, &ab8500_val_fops);
+		(S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR), ab8500_dir, &plf->dev, &ab8500_val_fops);
 	if (!ab8500_val_file)
 		goto exit_destroy_address;