diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_fecs_trace.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_fecs_trace.c
index 3af32bb23..ae76333af 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_fecs_trace.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_fecs_trace.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2019, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2020, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ static int gk20a_ctxsw_debugfs_ring_open(struct inode *inode,
 {
 	struct gk20a **p;
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	p = __seq_open_private(file, &gk20a_fecs_trace_debugfs_ring_seq_ops,
 		sizeof(struct gk20a *));
 	if (!p)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_fifo.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_fifo.c
index 7a29325f7..74d6c86fb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_fifo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_fifo.c
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ static int gk20a_fifo_sched_debugfs_open(struct inode *inode,
 	struct gk20a *g = inode->i_private;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	err = seq_open(file, &gk20a_fifo_sched_debugfs_seq_ops);
 	if (err)
 		return err;