diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
index ca868271f4c4..2a9184156172 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ config DRM_MIPI_DBI
 	tristate
 	depends on DRM
 
+config DRM_IGNORE_IOTCL_PERMIT
+	bool "Ignore drm ioctl permission"
+	depends on DRM && ANDROID && NO_GKI
+
 config DRM_MIPI_DSI
 	bool
 	depends on DRM
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
index 9a2c76524c02..3668c649f530 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ int drm_version(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
  */
 int drm_ioctl_permit(u32 flags, struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
+#ifndef CONFIG_DRM_IGNORE_IOTCL_PERMIT
 	/* ROOT_ONLY is only for CAP_SYS_ADMIN */
 	if (unlikely((flags & DRM_ROOT_ONLY) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)))
 		return -EACCES;
@@ -554,6 +555,7 @@ int drm_ioctl_permit(u32 flags, struct drm_file *file_priv)
 	if (unlikely(!(flags & DRM_RENDER_ALLOW) &&
 		     drm_is_render_client(file_priv)))
 		return -EACCES;
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }