diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
index b86b28ae7d7b..cdb64e3e0d18 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ static int channels = 0x3fff;
 
 
 
-module_param(ifname, charp, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-module_param(hwwep, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-module_param(channels, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param(ifname, charp, 0644);
+module_param(hwwep, int, 0644);
+module_param(channels, int, 0644);
 
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ifname, " Net interface name, wlan%d=default");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(hwwep, " Try to use hardware security support. ");