diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
index 45cc40933a47..d6838e7ec00c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
@@ -643,6 +643,11 @@ static bool fw_force_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags)
 
 static bool fw_run_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags)
 {
+	if (fw_fallback_config.ignore_sysfs_fallback) {
+		pr_info_once("Ignoring firmware sysfs fallback due to debugfs knob\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	if ((opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK))
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h
index ca7e69a8417b..dfebc644ed35 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h
@@ -14,12 +14,16 @@
  * 	as if one had enabled CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK=y.
  * 	Useful to help debug a CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK=y
  * 	functionality on a kernel where that config entry has been disabled.
+ * @ignore_sysfs_fallback: force to disable the sysfs fallback mechanism.
+ * 	This emulates the behaviour as if we had set the kernel
+ * 	config CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n.
  * @old_timeout: for internal use
  * @loading_timeout: the timeout to wait for the fallback mechanism before
  * 	giving up, in seconds.
  */
 struct firmware_fallback_config {
 	unsigned int force_sysfs_fallback;
+	unsigned int ignore_sysfs_fallback;
 	int old_timeout;
 	int loading_timeout;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c
index 92365e053e30..7428659d8df9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ struct ctl_table firmware_config_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 		.extra2		= &one,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "ignore_sysfs_fallback",
+		.data		= &fw_fallback_config.ignore_sysfs_fallback,
+		.maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode           = 0644,
+		.proc_handler   = proc_douintvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &one,
+	},
 	{ }
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(firmware_config_table);