diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index bb62269724d5..848f67a5f16d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -8945,9 +8945,7 @@ struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry(void)
 	if (tr->dir)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(!tracefs_initialized()) ||
-		(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) &&
-		 WARN_ON(!debugfs_initialized())))
+	if (WARN_ON(!tracefs_initialized()))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
 	/*