diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 8a84210ca080e43bc10500c4e21d85e4c224f2a1..fc5bc27676926cccbc27f3349886e02bbc047211 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2708,6 +2708,9 @@ static int do_io_accounting(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer, int whole)
 	struct task_io_accounting acct = task->ioac;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
+		return -EACCES;
+
 	if (whole && lock_task_sighand(task, &flags)) {
 		struct task_struct *t = task;
 
@@ -2839,7 +2842,7 @@ static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
 	REG("coredump_filter", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_coredump_filter_operations),
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING
-	INF("io",	S_IRUGO, proc_tgid_io_accounting),
+	INF("io",	S_IRUSR, proc_tgid_io_accounting),
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARDWALL
 	INF("hardwall",   S_IRUGO, proc_pid_hardwall),
@@ -3181,7 +3184,7 @@ static const struct pid_entry tid_base_stuff[] = {
 	REG("make-it-fail", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_fault_inject_operations),
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING
-	INF("io",	S_IRUGO, proc_tid_io_accounting),
+	INF("io",	S_IRUSR, proc_tid_io_accounting),
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARDWALL
 	INF("hardwall",   S_IRUGO, proc_pid_hardwall),