diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
index 6e87fc95e48..727a509aa76 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
@@ -437,6 +437,10 @@ static bool
 panfrost_should_checksum(const struct panfrost_device *dev,
                          const struct panfrost_resource *pres)
 {
+   /* Checksumming is disabled by default due to fundamental unsoundness */
+   if (!(dev->debug & PAN_DBG_CRC))
+      return false;
+
    /* When checksumming is enabled, the tile data must fit in the
     * size of the writeback buffer, so don't checksum formats
     * that use too much space. */
@@ -447,8 +451,7 @@ panfrost_should_checksum(const struct panfrost_device *dev,
                               util_format_get_blocksize(pres->base.format);
 
    return pres->base.bind & PIPE_BIND_RENDER_TARGET && panfrost_is_2d(pres) &&
-          bytes_per_pixel <= bytes_per_pixel_max &&
-          pres->base.last_level == 0 && !(dev->debug & PAN_DBG_NO_CRC);
+          bytes_per_pixel <= bytes_per_pixel_max && pres->base.last_level == 0;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
index 4d9aeeb5bae..9f3a1cba0ac 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static const struct debug_named_value panfrost_debug_options[] = {
    {"nofp16",     PAN_DBG_NOFP16,    "Disable 16-bit support"},
    {"gl3",        PAN_DBG_GL3,      "Enable experimental GL 3.x implementation, up to 3.3"},
    {"noafbc",     PAN_DBG_NO_AFBC,  "Disable AFBC support"},
-   {"nocrc",      PAN_DBG_NO_CRC,   "Disable transaction elimination"},
+   {"crc",        PAN_DBG_CRC,      "Enable transaction elimination"},
    {"msaa16",     PAN_DBG_MSAA16,   "Enable MSAA 8x and 16x support"},
    {"linear",     PAN_DBG_LINEAR,   "Force linear textures"},
    {"nocache",    PAN_DBG_NO_CACHE, "Disable BO cache"},
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_util.h b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_util.h
index e15266b3721..04514cf25fd 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_util.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_util.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #define PAN_DBG_SYNC  0x0010
 /* 0x20 unused */
 #define PAN_DBG_NOFP16   0x0040
-#define PAN_DBG_NO_CRC   0x0080
+#define PAN_DBG_CRC      0x0080
 #define PAN_DBG_GL3      0x0100
 #define PAN_DBG_NO_AFBC  0x0200
 #define PAN_DBG_MSAA16   0x0400