diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/Makefile b/arch/s390/kernel/Makefile
index 08e7924ea2f98326fdbb9cf85e520ddbbe729577..adb3fe2e3d42df72bba0586bc5254f087bb13845 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ obj-y	+= processor.o sys_s390.o ptrace.o signal.o cpcmd.o ebcdic.o nmi.o
 obj-y	+= debug.o irq.o ipl.o dis.o diag.o vdso.o als.o
 obj-y	+= sysinfo.o jump_label.o lgr.o os_info.o machine_kexec.o pgm_check.o
 obj-y	+= runtime_instr.o cache.o fpu.o dumpstack.o guarded_storage.o
-obj-y	+= entry.o reipl.o relocate_kernel.o
+obj-y	+= entry.o reipl.o relocate_kernel.o kdebugfs.o
 
 extra-y				+= head.o head64.o vmlinux.lds
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/kdebugfs.c b/arch/s390/kernel/kdebugfs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee85e17dd79dd8c7003263c6c45cf88bf9cb3c6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/kdebugfs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+struct dentry *arch_debugfs_dir;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_debugfs_dir);
+
+static int __init arch_kdebugfs_init(void)
+{
+	arch_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("s390", NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(arch_debugfs_dir))
+		arch_debugfs_dir = NULL;
+	return 0;
+}
+postcore_initcall(arch_kdebugfs_init);