diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
index de5682901780f..585d1a7f6cf13 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
@@ -1304,6 +1304,10 @@ int amdgpu_debugfs_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	if (amdgpu_debugfs_fence_init(adev))
 		dev_err(adev->dev, "fence debugfs file creation failed\n");
 
+	r = amdgpu_debugfs_gem_init(adev);
+	if (r)
+		DRM_ERROR("registering gem debugfs failed (%d).\n", r);
+
 	return amdgpu_debugfs_add_files(adev, amdgpu_debugfs_list,
 					ARRAY_SIZE(amdgpu_debugfs_list));
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
index f6b6fee350312..44822509c809b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
@@ -3120,10 +3120,6 @@ int amdgpu_device_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 	} else
 		adev->ucode_sysfs_en = true;
 
-	r = amdgpu_debugfs_gem_init(adev);
-	if (r)
-		DRM_ERROR("registering gem debugfs failed (%d).\n", r);
-
 	r = amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init(adev);
 	if (r)
 		DRM_ERROR("registering register debugfs failed (%d).\n", r);