diff --git a/src/mono/mono/utils/options-def.h b/src/mono/mono/utils/options-def.h
index bd33aea9e23b71..0517ae0492440e 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/utils/options-def.h
+++ b/src/mono/mono/utils/options-def.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ DEFINE_BOOL(jiterpreter_jit_call_enabled, "jiterpreter-jit-call-enabled", TRUE,
 DEFINE_BOOL(wasm_gc_safepoints, "wasm-gc-safepoints", FALSE, "Use GC safepoints on WASM")
 #else
 // traces_enabled controls whether the jiterpreter will JIT individual interpreter opcode traces
-DEFINE_BOOL_READONLY(jiterpreter_traces_enabled, "jiterpreter-traces-enabled", FALSE, "JIT interpreter opcode traces into WASM")
+DEFINE_BOOL(jiterpreter_traces_enabled, "jiterpreter-traces-enabled", TRUE, "JIT interpreter opcode traces into WASM")
 // interp_entry_enabled controls whether specialized interp_entry wrappers will be jitted
 DEFINE_BOOL_READONLY(jiterpreter_interp_entry_enabled, "jiterpreter-interp-entry-enabled", FALSE, "JIT specialized WASM interp_entry wrappers")
 // jit_call_enabled controls whether do_jit_call will use specialized trampolines for hot call sites