diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/stats.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/stats.c
index b4ef1ebe28ab..42cafbed94ac 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/stats.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/stats.c
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ xchk_stats_register(
 	if (!cs->cs_debugfs)
 		return;
 
-	debugfs_create_file("stats", 0644, cs->cs_debugfs, cs,
+	debugfs_create_file("stats", 0444, cs->cs_debugfs, cs,
 			&scrub_stats_fops);
-	debugfs_create_file("clear_stats", 0400, cs->cs_debugfs, cs,
+	debugfs_create_file("clear_stats", 0200, cs->cs_debugfs, cs,
 			&clear_scrub_stats_fops);
 }