diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index b3ac1c10b032..c6cc02a6aad0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ sd_alloc_ctl_domain_table(struct sched_domain *sd)
 	set_table_entry(&table[2], "busy_factor",	  &sd->busy_factor,	    sizeof(int),  0644, proc_dointvec_minmax);
 	set_table_entry(&table[3], "imbalance_pct",	  &sd->imbalance_pct,	    sizeof(int),  0644, proc_dointvec_minmax);
 	set_table_entry(&table[4], "cache_nice_tries",	  &sd->cache_nice_tries,    sizeof(int),  0644, proc_dointvec_minmax);
-	set_table_entry(&table[5], "flags",		  &sd->flags,		    sizeof(int),  0644, proc_dointvec_minmax);
+	set_table_entry(&table[5], "flags",		  &sd->flags,		    sizeof(int),  0444, proc_dointvec_minmax);
 	set_table_entry(&table[6], "max_newidle_lb_cost", &sd->max_newidle_lb_cost, sizeof(long), 0644, proc_doulongvec_minmax);
 	set_table_entry(&table[7], "name",		  sd->name,	       CORENAME_MAX_SIZE, 0444, proc_dostring);
 	/* &table[8] is terminator */