diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/pids.c b/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
index ecbb839..78cdc05 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/pids.c
@@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ static void pids_event(struct pids_cgroup *pids_forking,
 	}
 	if (!cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(pids_cgrp_subsys) ||
 	    cgrp_dfl_root.flags & CGRP_ROOT_PIDS_LOCAL_EVENTS) {
+		/*
+		 * pids.events reports the local counter on legacy hierarchies
+		 * and when pids_localevents is enabled.
+		 */
+		cgroup_file_notify(&p->events_file);
 		cgroup_file_notify(&p->events_local_file);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
index 3a84d06..0ed8234 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)