diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
index fdf72429f801..1c9b4ac82862 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ If you make a mistake with the syntax, the write will fail thus::
 				<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
   -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
 
+Note, for systems without 'debugfs' enabled, the control file can be
+found in ``/proc/dynamic_debug/control``.
+
 Viewing Dynamic Debug Behaviour
 ===============================
 
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 6071c3414921..03627afbe67f 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ config DYNAMIC_DEBUG
 	bool "Enable dynamic printk() support"
 	default n
 	depends on PRINTK
-	depends on DEBUG_FS
+	depends on (DEBUG_FS || PROC_FS)
 	help
 
 	  Compiles debug level messages into the kernel, which would not
@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ config DYNAMIC_DEBUG
 	  Usage:
 
 	  Dynamic debugging is controlled via the 'dynamic_debug/control' file,
-	  which is contained in the 'debugfs' filesystem. Thus, the debugfs
-	  filesystem must first be mounted before making use of this feature.
+	  which is contained in the 'debugfs' filesystem or procfs.
+	  Thus, the debugfs or procfs filesystem must first be mounted before
+	  making use of this feature.
 	  We refer the control file as: <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control. This
 	  file contains a list of the debug statements that can be enabled. The
 	  format for each line of the file is:
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index c583be1b8540..d27e1d51112c 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -954,15 +954,25 @@ static void ddebug_remove_all_tables(void)
 
 static __initdata int ddebug_init_success;
 
-static int __init dynamic_debug_init_debugfs(void)
+static int __init dynamic_debug_init_control(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *dir;
+	struct proc_dir_entry *procfs_dir;
+	struct dentry *debugfs_dir;
 
 	if (!ddebug_init_success)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	dir = debugfs_create_dir("dynamic_debug", NULL);
-	debugfs_create_file("control", 0644, dir, NULL, &ddebug_proc_fops);
+	/* Create the control file in debugfs if it is enabled */
+	if (debugfs_initialized()) {
+		debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("dynamic_debug", NULL);
+		debugfs_create_file("control", 0644, debugfs_dir, NULL,
+				    &ddebug_proc_fops);
+	}
+
+	/* Also create the control file in procfs */
+	procfs_dir = proc_mkdir("dynamic_debug", NULL);
+	if (procfs_dir)
+		proc_create("control", 0644, procfs_dir, &ddebug_proc_fops);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1040,4 +1050,4 @@ out_err:
 early_initcall(dynamic_debug_init);
 
 /* Debugfs setup must be done later */
-fs_initcall(dynamic_debug_init_debugfs);
+fs_initcall(dynamic_debug_init_control);