2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 4160afad6d00..bd224eec9b07 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ static void __init jbd_create_debugfs_entry(void)
 {
         jbd_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("jbd", NULL);
         if (jbd_debugfs_dir)
-                jbd_debug = debugfs_create_u8("jbd-debug", S_IRUGO,
+                jbd_debug = debugfs_create_u8("jbd-debug", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
                                                jbd_debugfs_dir,
                                                &journal_enable_debug);
 }
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index b7ca3a92a4db..17af879e6e9e 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -2115,7 +2115,8 @@ static void __init jbd2_create_debugfs_entry(void)
 {
         jbd2_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("jbd2", NULL);
         if (jbd2_debugfs_dir)
-                jbd2_debug = debugfs_create_u8(JBD2_DEBUG_NAME, S_IRUGO,
+                jbd2_debug = debugfs_create_u8(JBD2_DEBUG_NAME,
+                                               S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
                                                jbd2_debugfs_dir,
                                                &jbd2_journal_enable_debug);
 }