diff --git a/init.hardware.rc b/init.hardware.rc
index 0968408c..62cebb62 100644
--- a/init.hardware.rc
+++ b/init.hardware.rc
@@ -865,7 +865,11 @@ on property:sys.boot_completed=1
     # At this moment, only mm_event is available. If others want to put more,
     # it should get hard review from pixel-perf-team.
 
-    mkdir /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/pixel-trace 600
+    mkdir /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/pixel-trace 755 system system
+    chown system system /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/pixel-trace/trace
+    chmod 0660 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/pixel-trace/trace
+    chown system system /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/pixel-trace/tracing_on
+    chmod 0660 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/pixel-trace/tracing_on
     write /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/pixel-trace/buffer_size_kb 64
     write /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/pixel-trace/events/mm_event/enable 1