diff --git a/drivers/staging/zcache/ramster/ramster.c b/drivers/staging/zcache/ramster/ramster.c
index bf96a1cbf7c11024a455d2e15c8c4a90d856840a..01fc672399fe4b3a837eb3e7344b0cadc393e356 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zcache/ramster/ramster.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zcache/ramster/ramster.c
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ static int __init ramster_debugfs_init(void)
 }
 #undef	zdebugfs
 #undef	zdfs64
+#else
+static inline int ramster_debugfs_init(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif
 
 static LIST_HEAD(ramster_rem_op_list);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zcache/zbud.c b/drivers/staging/zcache/zbud.c
index fdff5c6a02396382a7d765461daa257a77f159ed..6cda4ed9ed31106781335e7f9ab8daee1903714f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zcache/zbud.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zcache/zbud.c
@@ -342,6 +342,11 @@ static int zbud_debugfs_init(void)
 }
 #undef	zdfs
 #undef	zdfs64
+#else
+static inline int zbud_debugfs_init(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif
 
 /* protects the buddied list and all unbuddied lists */
@@ -1051,9 +1056,7 @@ void zbud_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 	zbud_debugfs_init();
-#endif
 	BUG_ON((sizeof(struct tmem_handle) * 2 > CHUNK_SIZE));
 	BUG_ON(sizeof(struct zbudpage) > sizeof(struct page));
 	for (i = 0; i < NCHUNKS; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
index 7a6dd966931bb78fba747d132b130d2718df3f49..cf3001c1f407bc6062a1ae1e7edc7bc1872bd688 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
@@ -1733,9 +1733,7 @@ static int __init zcache_init(void)
 		namestr = "ramster";
 		ramster_register_pamops(&zcache_pamops);
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 	zcache_debugfs_init();
-#endif
 	if (zcache_enabled) {
 		unsigned int cpu;