diff --git a/libs/utils/executor.py b/libs/utils/executor.py
index e946d96dc33378a3ccceaaf6cf83f5d1aab2b4d4..6d06e785ebfbccdf7ba952395cc7c67ccc710a76 100644
--- a/libs/utils/executor.py
+++ b/libs/utils/executor.py
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ class Executor():
         for feat in feats:
             logging.info('%14s - Set scheduler feature: %s',
                          'SchedFeatures', feat)
-            self.target.execute('echo {} > /sys/kernel/debug/sched_features'.format(feat))
+            self.target.execute('echo {} > /sys/kernel/debug/sched_features'.format(feat),
+                                as_root=True)
 
     def _setup_rootfs(self, tc):
         # Initialize CGroups if required