diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 4c87276c8ddb..71f87b1d71de 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1194,8 +1194,10 @@ int hid_report_raw_event(struct hid_device *hid, int type, u8 *data, int size,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	for (a = 0; a < report->maxfield; a++)
-		hid_input_field(hid, report->field[a], cdata, interrupt);
+	if (hid->claimed != HID_CLAIMED_HIDRAW) {
+		for (a = 0; a < report->maxfield; a++)
+			hid_input_field(hid, report->field[a], cdata, interrupt);
+	}
 
 	if (hid->claimed & HID_CLAIMED_INPUT)
 		hidinput_report_event(hid, report);
@@ -1243,6 +1245,10 @@ int hid_input_report(struct hid_device *hid, int type, u8 *data, int size, int i
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	/* Avoid unnecessary overhead if debugfs is disabled */
+	if (list_empty(&hid->debug_list))
+		goto nomem;
+
 	buf = kmalloc(sizeof(char) * HID_DEBUG_BUFSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	if (!buf)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c
index 45c3433f7986..3e0a1e5d2ad5 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c
@@ -1846,7 +1846,7 @@ static void picolcd_debug_out_report(struct picolcd_data *data,
 #define BUFF_SZ 256
 
 	/* Avoid unnecessary overhead if debugfs is disabled */
-	if (!hdev->debug_events)
+	if (list_empty(&hdev->debug_list))
 		return;
 
 	buff = kmalloc(BUFF_SZ, GFP_ATOMIC);