diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c22c81ca78a8..b6ca6f3cfc6a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9db48aaf18d675ac41f550c9384154e0c00de2ef
+refs/heads/master: 82aceae4f0d42f03d9ad7d1e90389e731153898f
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt b/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
index 7a34f827989c..3a863f692728 100644
--- a/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
+++ b/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Debugfs is typically mounted with a command like:
     mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
 
 (Or an equivalent /etc/fstab line).
-The debugfs root directory is accessible by anyone by default. To
-restrict access to the tree the "uid", "gid" and "mode" mount
+The debugfs root directory is accessible only to the root user by
+default. To change access to the tree the "uid", "gid" and "mode" mount
 options can be used.
 
 Note that the debugfs API is exported GPL-only to modules.
diff --git a/trunk/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/trunk/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 2c9fafbe8425..6393fd61d5c4 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
-#define DEBUGFS_DEFAULT_MODE	0755
+#define DEBUGFS_DEFAULT_MODE	0700
 
 static struct vfsmount *debugfs_mount;
 static int debugfs_mount_count;