diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c50fff6392d7..b462ca6f69c9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 820874c75ea0d3a9c22d69d6eaad42a279d6756c
+refs/heads/master: b5b78f83854af15e04c63fdbc6efed9355afbe8f
diff --git a/trunk/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/trunk/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 5a7bacc2e901..4be55d8d76b8 100644
--- a/trunk/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/trunk/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -871,23 +871,28 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void)
 	int ret = 0;
 	int n = 0;
 
-	if (__start___verbose != __stop___verbose) {
-		iter = __start___verbose;
-		modname = iter->modname;
-		iter_start = iter;
-		for (; iter < __stop___verbose; iter++) {
-			if (strcmp(modname, iter->modname)) {
-				ret = ddebug_add_module(iter_start, n, modname);
-				if (ret)
-					goto out_free;
-				n = 0;
-				modname = iter->modname;
-				iter_start = iter;
-			}
-			n++;
+	if (__start___verbose == __stop___verbose) {
+		pr_warn("_ddebug table is empty in a "
+			"CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG build");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	iter = __start___verbose;
+	modname = iter->modname;
+	iter_start = iter;
+	for (; iter < __stop___verbose; iter++) {
+		if (strcmp(modname, iter->modname)) {
+			ret = ddebug_add_module(iter_start, n, modname);
+			if (ret)
+				goto out_free;
+			n = 0;
+			modname = iter->modname;
+			iter_start = iter;
 		}
-		ret = ddebug_add_module(iter_start, n, modname);
+		n++;
 	}
+	ret = ddebug_add_module(iter_start, n, modname);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_free;
 
 	/* ddebug_query boot param got passed -> set it up */
 	if (ddebug_setup_string[0] != '\0') {