diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index ace685c70186..f0e1337b1ebd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3513,6 +3513,9 @@ struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry(void)
 	if (d_tracer)
 		return d_tracer;
 
+	if (!debugfs_initialized())
+		return NULL;
+
 	d_tracer = debugfs_create_dir("tracing", NULL);
 
 	if (!d_tracer && !once) {