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);