diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 2198a630ef58..08af79c106e1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -6847,7 +6847,9 @@ struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry(void)
 	if (tr->dir)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(!debugfs_initialized()))
+	if (WARN_ON(!tracefs_initialized()) ||
+		(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) &&
+		 WARN_ON(!debugfs_initialized())))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
 	/*