diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_debugfs.c b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_debugfs.c
index 6ef03be..4809aa1 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_debugfs.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
 #define BUFF_SZ 256
 
 	/* Avoid unnecessary overhead if debugfs is disabled */
-	if (!hdev->debug_events)
+	if (list_empty(&hdev->debug_list))
 		return;
 
 	buff = kmalloc(BUFF_SZ, GFP_ATOMIC);