diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp_trace.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp_trace.c
index d41c2a8ef312..915bfdf57bca 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp_trace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp_trace.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ int hyp_trace_init_tracefs(void)
 		tracefs_create_file("trace_pipe_raw", TRACEFS_MODE_READ, per_cpu_dir,
 				    (void *)cpu, &hyp_trace_raw_fops);
 
-		tracefs_create_file("trace", TRACEFS_MODE_READ, per_cpu_dir,
+		tracefs_create_file("trace", TRACEFS_MODE_WRITE, per_cpu_dir,
 				    (void *)cpu, &hyp_trace_fops);
 	}