diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-pidff.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-pidff.c
index 503b22feacdb..5a57ba0d7026 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-pidff.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-pidff.c
@@ -969,7 +969,8 @@ static int pidff_find_special_fields(struct pidff_device *pidff)
 					 0x57, 0);
 	pidff->device_control =
 		pidff_find_special_field(pidff->reports[PID_DEVICE_CONTROL],
-					 0x96, 1);
+			0x96, !(pidff->quirks & HID_PIDFF_QUIRK_PERMISSIVE_CONTROL));
+
 	pidff->block_load_status =
 		pidff_find_special_field(pidff->reports[PID_BLOCK_LOAD],
 					 0x8b, 1);
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index 088c6688c3f9..cd3fedce4810 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -1228,8 +1228,9 @@ int hid_pidff_init(struct hid_device *hid);
 #endif
 
 /* HID PIDFF quirks */
-#define HID_PIDFF_QUIRK_MISSING_DELAY	BIT(0)
-#define HID_PIDFF_QUIRK_MISSING_PBO	BIT(1)
+#define HID_PIDFF_QUIRK_MISSING_DELAY		BIT(0)
+#define HID_PIDFF_QUIRK_MISSING_PBO		BIT(1)
+#define HID_PIDFF_QUIRK_PERMISSIVE_CONTROL	BIT(2)
 
 #define dbg_hid(fmt, ...) pr_debug("%s: " fmt, __FILE__, ##__VA_ARGS__)