diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
index b99fd9668317..40c0ac70d79d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static ssize_t gt_min_freq_mhz_store(struct device *kdev,
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_act_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO, gt_act_freq_mhz_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_cur_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO, gt_cur_freq_mhz_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_boost_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO, gt_boost_freq_mhz_show, gt_boost_freq_mhz_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_boost_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, gt_boost_freq_mhz_show, gt_boost_freq_mhz_store);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_max_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, gt_max_freq_mhz_show, gt_max_freq_mhz_store);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_min_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, gt_min_freq_mhz_show, gt_min_freq_mhz_store);