diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
index 3a84d068fbf3..0ed82347044e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static int page_size;
 
 int get_temp_fd(void)
 {
-	return open(".", O_TMPFILE | O_RDWR | O_EXCL);
+	return open(".", O_TMPFILE | O_RDWR | O_EXCL, 0600);
 }
 
 int alloc_pagecache(int fd, size_t size)