diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_test.c
index cbe99594d319..18a49c70d4c6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_test.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	ksft_print_header();
 	ksft_set_plan(nthreads);
 
-	filed = open(file, O_RDWR|O_CREAT);
+	filed = open(file, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0664);
 	if (filed < 0)
 		ksft_exit_fail_msg("Unable to open %s: %s\n", file, strerror(errno));
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/soft-dirty.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/soft-dirty.c
index cc5f144430d4..7dbfa53d93a0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/soft-dirty.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/soft-dirty.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void test_mprotect(int pagemap_fd, int pagesize, bool anon)
 		if (!map)
 			ksft_exit_fail_msg("anon mmap failed\n");
 	} else {
-		test_fd = open(fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT);
+		test_fd = open(fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0664);
 		if (test_fd < 0) {
 			ksft_test_result_skip("Test %s open() file failed\n", __func__);
 			return;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
index 0e74635c8c3d..dff3be23488b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void split_file_backed_thp(void)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	fd = open(testfile, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY);
+	fd = open(testfile, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY, 0664);
 	if (fd == -1) {
 		perror("Cannot open testing file\n");
 		goto cleanup;