diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/Kconfig
index d6c42e69bdbd467225d4db746f0e0f82d860fd68..44b9c0a57702dcdb37584ef4f099e8e6d093a461 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/Kconfig
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ config RTLWIFI
 	depends on RTL8192CE || RTL8192CU || RTL8192SE || RTL8192DE
 	default m
 
+config RTLWIFI_DEBUG
+	tristate "Additional debugging output"
+	depends on RTL8192CE || RTL8192CU || RTL8192SE || RTL8192DE
+	default y
+
 config RTL8192C_COMMON
 	tristate
 	depends on RTL8192CE || RTL8192CU
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/debug.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/debug.h
index b024c23b6523ee8c7caf4cc4a9491cc91029d9fc..fd5600c6942833cf390e4b7cb5698fbc82bfb4ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/debug.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/debug.h
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ enum dbgp_flag_e {
 	DBGP_TYPE_MAX
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RTLWIFI_DEBUG
+
 #define RT_ASSERT(_exp, fmt, ...)					\
 do {									\
 	if (!(_exp)) {							\
@@ -195,5 +197,37 @@ do {									\
 	}								\
 } while (0)
 
+#else
+
+struct rtl_priv;
+
+__printf(2, 3)
+static inline void RT_ASSERT(int exp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+}
+
+__printf(4, 5)
+static inline void RT_TRACE(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv,
+			    int comp, int level,
+			    const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+}
+
+__printf(4, 5)
+static inline void RTPRINT(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv,
+			   int dbgtype, int dbgflag,
+			   const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void RT_PRINT_DATA(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv,
+				 int comp, int level,
+				 const char *titlestring,
+				 const void *hexdata, size_t hexdatalen)
+{
+}
+
+#endif
+
 void rtl_dbgp_flag_init(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
 #endif