diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c
index dc91911094fc82bd2a93c353a3964a9c91032c6d..a5fd18c4580089ec9bc4ca871c8614b68dc48939 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c
@@ -1242,10 +1242,16 @@ static int tegra_dc_late_register(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	unsigned int i, count = ARRAY_SIZE(debugfs_files);
 	struct drm_minor *minor = crtc->dev->primary;
-	struct dentry *root = crtc->debugfs_entry;
+	struct dentry *root;
 	struct tegra_dc *dc = to_tegra_dc(crtc);
 	int err;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+	root = crtc->debugfs_entry;
+#else
+	root = NULL;
+#endif
+
 	dc->debugfs_files = kmemdup(debugfs_files, sizeof(debugfs_files),
 				    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dc->debugfs_files)