diff -r 480bb0e62d4c drivers/net/sfc/tenxpress.c
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/tenxpress.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/tenxpress.c
@@ -391,9 +391,11 @@ static int tenxpress_phy_init(struct efx
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SFC_DEBUGFS
 	rc = tenxpress_debugfs_init(efx);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto fail;
+#endif
 
 	schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(HZ / 5); /* 200ms */
 
diff -r 480bb0e62d4c drivers/net/sfc/txc43128_phy.c
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/txc43128_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/txc43128_phy.c
@@ -644,8 +644,8 @@ static void txc43128_phy_fini(struct efx
  * don't use LASI interrupts. Also update the BER counters and poll the lm87 */
 static int txc43128_phy_check_hw(struct efx_nic *efx)
 {
+	struct txc43128_data *data = efx->phy_data;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SFC_DEBUGFS
-	struct txc43128_data *data = efx->phy_data;
 	int phy = efx->mii.phy_id;
 	int timer, count, i, mmd;
 #endif