diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 6d5e601097a0..0782afc29f5f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <asm/pSeries_reconfig.h>
 #include <asm/pci-bridge.h>
 #include <asm/kexec.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #define DBG(fmt...) printk(KERN_ERR fmt)
@@ -1730,22 +1731,18 @@ struct device_node *of_get_cpu_node(int cpu, unsigned int *thread)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_get_cpu_node);
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
+#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) && defined(DEBUG)
 static struct debugfs_blob_wrapper flat_dt_blob;
 
 static int __init export_flat_device_tree(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d;
 
-	d = debugfs_create_dir("powerpc", NULL);
-	if (!d)
-		return 1;
-
 	flat_dt_blob.data = initial_boot_params;
 	flat_dt_blob.size = initial_boot_params->totalsize;
 
 	d = debugfs_create_blob("flat-device-tree", S_IFREG | S_IRUSR,
-				d, &flat_dt_blob);
+				powerpc_debugfs_root, &flat_dt_blob);
 	if (!d)
 		return 1;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 38c4b733a72e..4924c48cb1ff 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
 #include <linux/serial.h>
 #include <linux/serial_8250.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -579,3 +580,15 @@ static int __init check_cache_coherency(void)
 
 late_initcall(check_cache_coherency);
 #endif /* CONFIG_CHECK_CACHE_COHERENCY */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+struct dentry *powerpc_debugfs_root;
+
+static int powerpc_debugfs_init(void)
+{
+	powerpc_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("powerpc", NULL);
+
+	return powerpc_debugfs_root == NULL;
+}
+arch_initcall(powerpc_debugfs_init);
+#endif
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/system.h b/include/asm-powerpc/system.h
index eff3de953712..32aa42b748be 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/system.h
@@ -559,5 +559,7 @@ static inline void create_function_call(unsigned long addr, void * func)
 extern void account_system_vtime(struct task_struct *);
 #endif
 
+extern struct dentry *powerpc_debugfs_root;
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_SYSTEM_H */