diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/nvidia/tegra210-smaug.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/nvidia/tegra210-smaug.dts
index 2e5b6b2c1f56..ff2952fae35c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/nvidia/tegra210-smaug.dts
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/nvidia/tegra210-smaug.dts
@@ -1782,6 +1782,8 @@
 				status = "okay";
 				vbus-supply = <&usbc_vbus>;
 				mode = "otg";
+				usb-role-switch;
+				role-switch-default-mode = "host";
 			};
 
 			usb3-0 {