Index: sys/dev/pci/pci.c
===================================================================
--- sys/dev/pci/pci.c
+++ sys/dev/pci/pci.c
@@ -5729,7 +5729,7 @@
 	case MOD_LOAD:
 		STAILQ_INIT(&pci_devq);
 		pci_generation = 0;
-		pci_cdev = make_dev(&pcicdev, 0, UID_ROOT, GID_WHEEL, 0644,
+		pci_cdev = make_dev(&pcicdev, 0, UID_ROOT, GID_KMEM, 0640,
 		    "pci");
 		pci_load_vendor_data();
 		tag = EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER(dev_lookup, pci_lookup, NULL,