diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e4accd7..30dbec9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -805,6 +805,22 @@
                 power/state: "root:power"
             - devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor: powersave
 
+Sysfs definition with disabled automatic write. Attributes are saved
+to configuration, but are not applied during the run.
+Thay will be applied automatically after the reboot.
+
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    linux:
+      system:
+        sysfs:
+          enable_apply: false
+          scheduler:
+            block/sda/queue/scheduler: deadline
+
+.. note:: The `enable_apply` parameter defaults to `True` if not defined.
+
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diff --git a/linux/system/sysfs.sls b/linux/system/sysfs.sls
index 8440384..a4e28bf 100644
--- a/linux/system/sysfs.sls
+++ b/linux/system/sysfs.sls
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     - require:
       - pkg: linux_sysfs_package
 
+{% set apply = system.get('sysfs', {}).pop('enable_apply', True) %}
+
 {%- for name, sysfs in system.get('sysfs', {}).items() %}
 
 /etc/sysfs.d/{{ name }}.conf:
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@
 {%- set sysfs_list = sysfs %}
 {%- endif %}
 
+{%- if apply %}
+
 {%- for item in sysfs_list %}
 {%- set list_idx = loop.index %}
 {%- for key, value in item.items() %}
@@ -48,4 +52,7 @@
   {%- endfor %}
 
 {%- endfor %}
+
+{%- endif %}
+
 {%- endfor %}
diff --git a/tests/pillar/system.sls b/tests/pillar/system.sls
index aa1c7ed..a0a3e04 100644
--- a/tests/pillar/system.sls
+++ b/tests/pillar/system.sls
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
             subjects:
             - '@group1'
     sysfs:
+      enable_apply: true
       scheduler:
         block/sda/queue/scheduler: deadline
       power: