diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 40839c02d28c..b8bfdc173ec0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct attribute_group {
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_RO(_name) {						\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = S_IRUGO },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444 },		\
 	.show	= _name##_show,						\
 }
 
@@ -124,12 +124,11 @@ struct attribute_group {
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_WO(_name) {						\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = S_IWUSR },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0200 },		\
 	.store	= _name##_store,					\
 }
 
-#define __ATTR_RW(_name) __ATTR(_name, (S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO),		\
-			 _name##_show, _name##_store)
+#define __ATTR_RW(_name) __ATTR(_name, 0644, _name##_show, _name##_store)
 
 #define __ATTR_NULL { .attr = { .name = NULL } }
 
@@ -192,14 +191,13 @@ struct bin_attribute {
 }
 
 #define __BIN_ATTR_RO(_name, _size) {					\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = S_IRUGO },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444 },		\
 	.read	= _name##_read,						\
 	.size	= _size,						\
 }
 
-#define __BIN_ATTR_RW(_name, _size) __BIN_ATTR(_name,			\
-				   (S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO), _name##_read,	\
-				   _name##_write, _size)
+#define __BIN_ATTR_RW(_name, _size)					\
+	__BIN_ATTR(_name, 0644, _name##_read, _name##_write, _size)
 
 #define __BIN_ATTR_NULL __ATTR_NULL