diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h
index 2b3f7619be48..a97be4094fa5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h
@@ -432,6 +432,8 @@ extern struct rdt_resource rdt_resources_all[];
 extern struct rdtgroup rdtgroup_default;
 DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(rdt_alloc_enable_key);
 
+extern struct dentry *debugfs_resctrl;
+
 enum {
 	RDT_RESOURCE_L3,
 	RDT_RESOURCE_L3DATA,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
index 960066249374..bc52c593a87c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/cacheinfo.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/kernfs.h>
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ static struct kernfs_node *kn_mondata;
 static struct seq_buf last_cmd_status;
 static char last_cmd_status_buf[512];
 
+struct dentry *debugfs_resctrl;
+
 void rdt_last_cmd_clear(void)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&rdtgroup_mutex);
@@ -2819,6 +2822,29 @@ int __init rdtgroup_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto cleanup_mountpoint;
 
+	/*
+	 * Adding the resctrl debugfs directory here may not be ideal since
+	 * it would let the resctrl debugfs directory appear on the debugfs
+	 * filesystem before the resctrl filesystem is mounted.
+	 * It may also be ok since that would enable debugging of RDT before
+	 * resctrl is mounted.
+	 * The reason why the debugfs directory is created here and not in
+	 * rdt_mount() is because rdt_mount() takes rdtgroup_mutex and
+	 * during the debugfs directory creation also &sb->s_type->i_mutex_key
+	 * (the lockdep class of inode->i_rwsem). Other filesystem
+	 * interactions (eg. SyS_getdents) have the lock ordering:
+	 * &sb->s_type->i_mutex_key --> &mm->mmap_sem
+	 * During mmap(), called with &mm->mmap_sem, the rdtgroup_mutex
+	 * is taken, thus creating dependency:
+	 * &mm->mmap_sem --> rdtgroup_mutex for the latter that can cause
+	 * issues considering the other two lock dependencies.
+	 * By creating the debugfs directory here we avoid a dependency
+	 * that may cause deadlock (even though file operations cannot
+	 * occur until the filesystem is mounted, but I do not know how to
+	 * tell lockdep that).
+	 */
+	debugfs_resctrl = debugfs_create_dir("resctrl", NULL);
+
 	return 0;
 
 cleanup_mountpoint:
@@ -2831,6 +2857,7 @@ cleanup_root:
 
 void __exit rdtgroup_exit(void)
 {
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_resctrl);
 	unregister_filesystem(&rdt_fs_type);
 	sysfs_remove_mount_point(fs_kobj, "resctrl");
 	kernfs_destroy_root(rdt_root);