diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/debug.c
index 19980cb..ccaeb5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/debug.c
@@ -417,19 +417,19 @@
 	sc->debug.debugfs_phydir = debugfs_create_dir(wiphy_name(sc->hw->wiphy),
 				ath5k_global_debugfs);
 
-	sc->debug.debugfs_debug = debugfs_create_file("debug", 0666,
+	sc->debug.debugfs_debug = debugfs_create_file("debug", S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
 				sc->debug.debugfs_phydir, sc, &fops_debug);
 
-	sc->debug.debugfs_registers = debugfs_create_file("registers", 0444,
+	sc->debug.debugfs_registers = debugfs_create_file("registers", S_IRUGO,
 				sc->debug.debugfs_phydir, sc, &fops_registers);
 
-	sc->debug.debugfs_tsf = debugfs_create_file("tsf", 0666,
+	sc->debug.debugfs_tsf = debugfs_create_file("tsf", S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
 				sc->debug.debugfs_phydir, sc, &fops_tsf);
 
-	sc->debug.debugfs_beacon = debugfs_create_file("beacon", 0666,
+	sc->debug.debugfs_beacon = debugfs_create_file("beacon", S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
 				sc->debug.debugfs_phydir, sc, &fops_beacon);
 
-	sc->debug.debugfs_reset = debugfs_create_file("reset", 0222,
+	sc->debug.debugfs_reset = debugfs_create_file("reset", S_IWUSR,
 				sc->debug.debugfs_phydir, sc, &fops_reset);
 }