diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/fecs_trace_linux.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/fecs_trace_linux.c
index 66b4975ab..650d6e557 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/fecs_trace_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/fecs_trace_linux.c
@@ -333,11 +333,6 @@ int gk20a_ctxsw_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	nvgpu_log(g, gpu_dbg_fn|gpu_dbg_ctxsw, "g=%p", g);
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-		err = -EPERM;
-		goto free_ref;
-	}
-
 	err = gk20a_busy(g);
 	if (err)
 		goto free_ref;