diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 11664fdf5a3cd404c2f0b219521361a77936c28f..59e5e491a7ec6295ba079acec938f6ce38dd0272 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -672,6 +672,12 @@ void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_remove);
 
+void debugfs_remove_recursive(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	debugfs_remove(dentry);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_remove_recursive);
+
 /**
  * debugfs_rename - rename a file/directory in the debugfs filesystem
  * @old_dir: a pointer to the parent dentry for the renamed object. This
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 5fdcfeff93088f3b204d47e41a4099d32afc407c..3b0ba54cc4d5b0ea9bc7a11d48b476b48e9e9e22 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_automount(const char *name,
 					void *data);
 
 void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry);
-#define debugfs_remove_recursive debugfs_remove
+void debugfs_remove_recursive(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 const struct file_operations *debugfs_real_fops(const struct file *filp);