diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
index 6e2e714a0649..5cba5e736130 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static int tegra_gem_get_flags(struct drm_device *drm, void *data,
 
 static const struct drm_ioctl_desc tegra_drm_ioctls[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_TEGRA_STAGING
-	DRM_IOCTL_DEF_DRV(TEGRA_GEM_CREATE, tegra_gem_create, DRM_UNLOCKED | DRM_AUTH),
+	DRM_IOCTL_DEF_DRV(TEGRA_GEM_CREATE, tegra_gem_create, DRM_UNLOCKED),
 	DRM_IOCTL_DEF_DRV(TEGRA_GEM_MMAP, tegra_gem_mmap, DRM_UNLOCKED),
 	DRM_IOCTL_DEF_DRV(TEGRA_SYNCPT_READ, tegra_syncpt_read, DRM_UNLOCKED),
 	DRM_IOCTL_DEF_DRV(TEGRA_SYNCPT_INCR, tegra_syncpt_incr, DRM_UNLOCKED),