diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c
index c0320599171..f2d43bc7551 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 
+struct dentry *arch_debugfs_dir;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_debugfs_dir);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
 struct setup_data_node {
 	u64 paddr;
@@ -209,6 +213,10 @@ static int __init arch_kdebugfs_init(void)
 {
 	int error = 0;
 
+	arch_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("x86", NULL);
+	if (!arch_debugfs_dir)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
 	error = boot_params_kdebugfs_init();
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 7266124361b..32755cdf68d 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct debugfs_blob_wrapper {
 	unsigned long size;
 };
 
+extern struct dentry *arch_debugfs_dir;
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
 
 /* declared over in file.c */