diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 4160afa..bd224ee 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@
 {
 	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 b7ca3a9..17af879 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -2115,7 +2115,8 @@
 {
 	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);
 }