diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/debug.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/debug.c
index 76018f8d0..169bfbc5b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/debug.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ void gk20a_debug_init(struct gk20a *g, const char *debugfs_symlink)
 	debugfs_create_u32("ch_wdt_timeout_ms", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR,
 		l->debugfs, &g->ch_wdt_timeout_ms);
 
-	debugfs_create_u32("disable_syncpoints", S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_u32("disable_syncpoints", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR,
 		l->debugfs, &g->disable_syncpoints);
 
 	/* Legacy debugging API. */