diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 4160afad6d00fc4b8812ac497d2a3bcac28efc60..bd224eec9b072d5ebe0a075c57e203b9fde61c1d 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 b7ca3a92a4dba0b23f555a75cac79fea1b6ae9e4..17af879e6e9ec157528f3bcab4ad7c01436abc68 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);
 }