diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
index 65ea7b256b3e..0c94b661c16f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
@@ -512,7 +512,14 @@ void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map, const char *name)
 			    map, &regmap_reg_ranges_fops);
 
 	if (map->max_register || regmap_readable(map, 0)) {
-		debugfs_create_file("registers", 0400, map->debugfs,
+		umode_t registers_mode;
+
+		if (IS_ENABLED(REGMAP_ALLOW_WRITE_DEBUGFS))
+			registers_mode = 0600;
+		else
+			registers_mode = 0400;
+
+		debugfs_create_file("registers", registers_mode, map->debugfs,
 				    map, &regmap_map_fops);
 		debugfs_create_file("access", 0400, map->debugfs,
 				    map, &regmap_access_fops);