diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 28c45c26f901..ba9168326413 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ void __init init_mm_internals(void)
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	proc_create("buddyinfo", 0444, NULL, &buddyinfo_file_operations);
-	proc_create("pagetypeinfo", 0444, NULL, &pagetypeinfo_file_operations);
+	proc_create("pagetypeinfo", 0400, NULL, &pagetypeinfo_file_operations);
 	proc_create("vmstat", 0444, NULL, &vmstat_file_operations);
 	proc_create("zoneinfo", 0444, NULL, &zoneinfo_file_operations);
 #endif