1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index 9a085d525bbc..17dd883198ae 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -2097,6 +2097,11 @@ static int __init kmemleak_late_init(void)
 
         kmemleak_initialized = 1;
 
+        dentry = debugfs_create_file("kmemleak", 0644, NULL, NULL,
+                                     &kmemleak_fops);
+        if (!dentry)
+                pr_warn("Failed to create the debugfs kmemleak file\n");
+
         if (kmemleak_error) {
                 /*
                  * Some error occurred and kmemleak was disabled. There is a
@@ -2108,10 +2113,6 @@ static int __init kmemleak_late_init(void)
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
-        dentry = debugfs_create_file("kmemleak", 0644, NULL, NULL,
-                                     &kmemleak_fops);
-        if (!dentry)
-                pr_warn("Failed to create the debugfs kmemleak file\n");
         mutex_lock(&scan_mutex);
         start_scan_thread();
         mutex_unlock(&scan_mutex);