diff --git a/drivers/acpi/debugfs.c b/drivers/acpi/debugfs.c
index 384f7abcff77..e7abc6e3bba0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/debugfs.c
@@ -12,13 +12,8 @@
 #define _COMPONENT		ACPI_SYSTEM_COMPONENT
 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("debugfs");
 
-
-/* /sys/modules/acpi/parameters/aml_debug_output */
-
-module_param_named(aml_debug_output, acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object,
-		   bool, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(aml_debug_output,
-		 "To enable/disable the ACPI Debug Object output.");
+struct dentry *acpi_debugfs_dir;
+static struct dentry *cm_dentry;
 
 /* /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method */
 
@@ -80,23 +75,22 @@ static const struct file_operations cm_fops = {
 	.llseek = default_llseek,
 };
 
-int __init acpi_debugfs_init(void)
+static int __init acpi_custom_method_init(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *acpi_dir, *cm_dentry;
-
-	acpi_dir = debugfs_create_dir("acpi", NULL);
-	if (!acpi_dir)
-		goto err;
+	if (!acpi_debugfs_dir)
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	cm_dentry = debugfs_create_file("custom_method", S_IWUSR,
-					acpi_dir, NULL, &cm_fops);
+					acpi_debugfs_dir, NULL, &cm_fops);
 	if (!cm_dentry)
-		goto err;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	return 0;
-
-err:
-	if (acpi_dir)
-		debugfs_remove(acpi_dir);
-	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+void __init acpi_debugfs_init(void)
+{
+	acpi_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("acpi", NULL);
+
+	acpi_custom_method_init();
 }
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index 4bfb759deb10..ca75b9ce0489 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ int acpi_scan_init(void);
 int acpi_sysfs_init(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+extern struct dentry *acpi_debugfs_dir;
 int acpi_debugfs_init(void);
 #else
-static inline int acpi_debugfs_init(void) { return 0; }
+static inline void acpi_debugfs_init(void) { return; }
 #endif
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
index 61891e75583d..77255f250dbb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
@@ -220,6 +220,14 @@ module_param_call(trace_state, param_set_trace_state, param_get_trace_state,
 		  NULL, 0644);
 #endif /* CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG */
 
+
+/* /sys/modules/acpi/parameters/aml_debug_output */
+
+module_param_named(aml_debug_output, acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object,
+		   bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(aml_debug_output,
+		 "To enable/disable the ACPI Debug Object output.");
+
 /* /sys/module/acpi/parameters/acpica_version */
 static int param_get_acpica_version(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {