diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index 956e0b8e9c4d726b9d8d8d1025f04ca75252cbd2..3ded009e76313af9c2d7dcc531591a20affde0c7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "nvme.h"
 
 static bool multipath = true;
-module_param(multipath, bool, 0644);
+module_param(multipath, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(multipath,
 	"turn on native support for multiple controllers per subsystem");