diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
index c8ecefd75d6fa25e8a1aca4f8b0045e6af02ccfd..ae962b756863907537723ede518b7d276451a706 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
@@ -529,8 +529,10 @@ void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map, const char *name)
 	struct regmap_range_node *range_node;
 	const char *devname = "dummy";
 
-	if (map->debugfs_disable)
+	if (map->debugfs_disable) {
+		dev_dbg(map->dev, "regmap locking disabled - not creating debugfs entries\n");
 		return;
+	}
 
 	/* If we don't have the debugfs root yet, postpone init */
 	if (!regmap_debugfs_root) {