diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/da8xx_remoteproc.c b/drivers/remoteproc/da8xx_remoteproc.c
index f134192922e0..b668e32996e2 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/da8xx_remoteproc.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/da8xx_remoteproc.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "remoteproc_internal.h"
 
 static char *da8xx_fw_name;
-module_param(da8xx_fw_name, charp, S_IRUGO);
+module_param(da8xx_fw_name, charp, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(da8xx_fw_name,
 		 "Name of DSP firmware file in /lib/firmware (if not specified defaults to 'rproc-dsp-fw')");