diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c
index 3de9087ecad4..18cfc0a361cb 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(musb_interrupt);
 static bool use_dma = 1;
 
 /* "modprobe ... use_dma=0" etc */
-module_param(use_dma, bool, 0);
+module_param(use_dma, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_dma, "enable/disable use of DMA");
 
 void musb_dma_completion(struct musb *musb, u8 epnum, u8 transmit)