diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
index 614e43db93aa..919154ae4cae 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #define DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ERR(s) DM_VERITY_ROOT_HASH_VERIFICATION " " s
 
 static bool require_signatures;
-module_param(require_signatures, bool, false);
+module_param(require_signatures, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(require_signatures,
 		"Verify the roothash of dm-verity hash tree");