diff --git a/fs/ubifs/commit.c b/fs/ubifs/commit.c
index 637e07673c3a..63c4e447f977 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/commit.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/commit.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ int dbg_check_old_index(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_zbranch *zroot)
 	struct idx_node *i;
 	size_t sz;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_OLD_IDX))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_old_idx(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&list);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.c b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
index 7adf9fe91817..79d8924aca5b 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ void dbg_dump_node(const struct ubifs_info *c, const void *node)
 	union ubifs_key key;
 	const struct ubifs_ch *ch = node;
 
-	if (dbg_failure_mode)
+	if (dbg_is_tst_rcvry(c))
 		return;
 
 	/* If the magic is incorrect, just hexdump the first bytes */
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ void dbg_dump_leb(const struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum)
 	struct ubifs_scan_node *snod;
 	void *buf;
 
-	if (dbg_failure_mode)
+	if (dbg_is_tst_rcvry(c))
 		return;
 
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "(pid %d) start dumping LEB %d\n",
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ int dbg_check_synced_i_size(const struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *inode)
 	int err = 0;
 	struct ubifs_inode *ui = ubifs_inode(inode);
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_gen(c))
 		return 0;
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return 0;
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ int dbg_check_dir(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *dir)
 	struct qstr nm = { .name = NULL };
 	loff_t size = UBIFS_INO_NODE_SZ;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_gen(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!S_ISDIR(dir->i_mode))
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ int dbg_check_tnc(struct ubifs_info *c, int extra)
 	long clean_cnt = 0, dirty_cnt = 0;
 	int err, last;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_TNC))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_tnc(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	ubifs_assert(mutex_is_locked(&c->tnc_mutex));
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ int dbg_check_idx_size(struct ubifs_info *c, long long idx_size)
 	int err;
 	long long calc = 0;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_IDX_SZ))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_idx_sz(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	err = dbg_walk_index(c, NULL, add_size, &calc);
@@ -2367,7 +2367,7 @@ int dbg_check_filesystem(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	int err;
 	struct fsck_data fsckd;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_FS))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_fs(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	fsckd.inodes = RB_ROOT;
@@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ int dbg_check_data_nodes_order(struct ubifs_info *c, struct list_head *head)
 	struct list_head *cur;
 	struct ubifs_scan_node *sa, *sb;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_gen(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	for (cur = head->next; cur->next != head; cur = cur->next) {
@@ -2469,7 +2469,7 @@ int dbg_check_nondata_nodes_order(struct ubifs_info *c, struct list_head *head)
 	struct list_head *cur;
 	struct ubifs_scan_node *sa, *sb;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_gen(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	for (cur = head->next; cur->next != head; cur = cur->next) {
@@ -2546,14 +2546,6 @@ error_dump:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int dbg_force_in_the_gaps(void)
-{
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN))
-		return 0;
-
-	return !(random32() & 7);
-}
-
 /* Failure mode for recovery testing */
 
 #define chance(n, d) (simple_rand() <= (n) * 32768LL / (d))
@@ -2624,7 +2616,7 @@ static int in_failure_mode(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc)
 {
 	struct ubifs_info *c = dbg_find_info(desc);
 
-	if (c && dbg_failure_mode)
+	if (c && dbg_is_tst_rcvry(c))
 		return c->dbg->failure_mode;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2634,7 +2626,7 @@ static int do_fail(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, int write)
 	struct ubifs_info *c = dbg_find_info(desc);
 	struct ubifs_debug_info *d;
 
-	if (!c || !dbg_failure_mode)
+	if (!c || !dbg_is_tst_rcvry(c))
 		return 0;
 	d = c->dbg;
 	if (d->failure_mode)
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.h b/fs/ubifs/debug.h
index 90805bd49456..c3d1ffd0610a 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.h
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ typedef int (*dbg_znode_callback)(struct ubifs_info *c,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_DEBUG
 
-#include <linux/random.h>
-
 /*
  * The UBIFS debugfs directory name pattern and maximum name length (3 for "ubi"
  * + 1 for "_" and plus 2x2 for 2 UBI numbers and 1 for the trailing zero byte.
@@ -169,6 +167,8 @@ const char *dbg_key_str1(const struct ubifs_info *c,
 /* Additional recovery messages */
 #define dbg_rcvry(fmt, ...) ubifs_dbg_msg("rcvry", fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+extern spinlock_t dbg_lock;
+
 /*
  * Debugging check flags.
  *
@@ -199,12 +199,43 @@ enum {
 	UBIFS_TST_RCVRY             = 0x4,
 };
 
-extern spinlock_t dbg_lock;
-
 extern unsigned int ubifs_msg_flags;
 extern unsigned int ubifs_chk_flags;
 extern unsigned int ubifs_tst_flags;
 
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_gen(const struct ubifs_info *c)
+{
+	return !!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN);
+}
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_tnc(const struct ubifs_info *c)
+{
+	return !!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_TNC);
+}
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_idx_sz(const struct ubifs_info *c)
+{
+	return !!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_IDX_SZ);
+}
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_orph(const struct ubifs_info *c)
+{
+	return !!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_ORPH);
+}
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_old_idx(const struct ubifs_info *c)
+{
+	return !!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_OLD_IDX);
+}
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_lprops(const struct ubifs_info *c)
+{
+	return !!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_LPROPS);
+}
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_fs(const struct ubifs_info *c)
+{
+	return !!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_FS);
+}
+static inline int dbg_is_tst_rcvry(const struct ubifs_info *c)
+{
+	return !!(ubifs_tst_flags & UBIFS_TST_RCVRY);
+}
+
 int ubifs_debugging_init(struct ubifs_info *c);
 void ubifs_debugging_exit(struct ubifs_info *c);
 
@@ -261,16 +292,6 @@ int dbg_check_inode_size(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *inode,
 int dbg_check_data_nodes_order(struct ubifs_info *c, struct list_head *head);
 int dbg_check_nondata_nodes_order(struct ubifs_info *c, struct list_head *head);
 
-/* Force the use of in-the-gaps method for testing */
-static inline int dbg_force_in_the_gaps_enabled(void)
-{
-	return ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN;
-}
-int dbg_force_in_the_gaps(void);
-
-/* Failure mode for recovery testing */
-#define dbg_failure_mode (ubifs_tst_flags & UBIFS_TST_RCVRY)
-
 #ifndef UBIFS_DBG_PRESERVE_UBI
 #define ubi_leb_read   dbg_leb_read
 #define ubi_leb_write  dbg_leb_write
@@ -330,6 +351,9 @@ void dbg_debugfs_exit_fs(struct ubifs_info *c);
 		ubifs_err(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);     \
 } while (0)
 
+#define DBGKEY(key)  ((char *)(key))
+#define DBGKEY1(key) ((char *)(key))
+
 #define ubifs_dbg_msg(fmt, ...) do {               \
 	if (0)                                     \
 		pr_debug(fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__); \
@@ -353,9 +377,6 @@ void dbg_debugfs_exit_fs(struct ubifs_info *c);
 #define dbg_scan(fmt, ...)  ubifs_dbg_msg(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define dbg_rcvry(fmt, ...) ubifs_dbg_msg(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
-#define DBGKEY(key)  ((char *)(key))
-#define DBGKEY1(key) ((char *)(key))
-
 static inline int ubifs_debugging_init(struct ubifs_info *c)      { return 0; }
 static inline void ubifs_debugging_exit(struct ubifs_info *c)     { return; }
 static inline const char *dbg_ntype(int type)                     { return ""; }
@@ -440,9 +461,14 @@ static inline int
 dbg_check_nondata_nodes_order(struct ubifs_info *c,
 			      struct list_head *head)             { return 0; }
 
-static inline int dbg_force_in_the_gaps(void)                     { return 0; }
-#define dbg_force_in_the_gaps_enabled() 0
-#define dbg_failure_mode                0
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_gen(const struct ubifs_info *c)      { return 0; }
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_tnc(const struct ubifs_info *c)      { return 0; }
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_idx_sz(const struct ubifs_info *c)   { return 0; }
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_orph(const struct ubifs_info *c)     { return 0; }
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_old_idx(const struct ubifs_info *c)  { return 0; }
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_lprops(const struct ubifs_info *c)   { return 0; }
+static inline int dbg_is_chk_fs(const struct ubifs_info *c)       { return 0; }
+static inline int dbg_is_tst_rcvry(const struct ubifs_info *c)    { return 0; }
 
 static inline int dbg_debugfs_init(void)                          { return 0; }
 static inline void dbg_debugfs_exit(void)                         { return; }
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 98014bf1d8b4..683492043317 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int dbg_check_name(const struct ubifs_info *c,
 			  const struct ubifs_dent_node *dent,
 			  const struct qstr *nm)
 {
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_gen(c))
 		return 0;
 	if (le16_to_cpu(dent->nlen) != nm->len)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/log.c b/fs/ubifs/log.c
index affea9494ae2..fabfb53c4fee 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/log.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/log.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ static int dbg_check_bud_bytes(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	struct ubifs_bud *bud;
 	long long bud_bytes = 0;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_gen(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&c->buds_lock);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/lprops.c b/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
index 98b8e73c454c..f8a181e647cc 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ int dbg_check_cats(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	struct list_head *pos;
 	int i, cat;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & (UBIFS_CHK_GEN | UBIFS_CHK_LPROPS)))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_gen(c) && !dbg_is_chk_lprops(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(lprops, &c->empty_list, list) {
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ void dbg_check_heap(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_lpt_heap *heap, int cat,
 {
 	int i = 0, j, err = 0;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & (UBIFS_CHK_GEN | UBIFS_CHK_LPROPS)))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_gen(c) && !dbg_is_chk_lprops(c))
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < heap->cnt; i++) {
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ int dbg_check_lprops(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	int i, err;
 	struct ubifs_lp_stats lst;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_LPROPS))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_lprops(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/lpt.c b/fs/ubifs/lpt.c
index 04713cd22679..ab91ca628455 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/lpt.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/lpt.c
@@ -2226,7 +2226,7 @@ int dbg_check_lpt_nodes(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_cnode *cnode,
 	struct ubifs_cnode *cn;
 	int num, iip = 0, err;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_LPROPS))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_lprops(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	while (cnode) {
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c b/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
index 254e8d32fc67..f8e286ba8095 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ static int dbg_check_ltab_lnum(struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum)
 	int ret;
 	void *buf, *p;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_LPROPS))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_lprops(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	buf = p = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ int dbg_check_ltab(struct ubifs_info *c)
 {
 	int lnum, err, i, cnt;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_LPROPS))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_lprops(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Bring the entire tree into memory */
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ int dbg_chk_lpt_free_spc(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	long long free = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_LPROPS))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_lprops(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < c->lpt_lebs; i++) {
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ int dbg_chk_lpt_sz(struct ubifs_info *c, int action, int len)
 	long long chk_lpt_sz, lpt_sz;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_LPROPS))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_lprops(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	switch (action) {
@@ -2019,7 +2019,7 @@ static int dbg_populate_lsave(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	struct ubifs_lpt_heap *heap;
 	int i;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_gen(c))
 		return 0;
 	if (random32() & 3)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/orphan.c b/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
index a5422fffbd69..c542c73cfa3c 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static int dbg_check_orphans(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	struct check_info ci;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_ORPH))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_orph(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	ci.last_ino = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/scan.c b/fs/ubifs/scan.c
index 36216b46f772..c7df916dce97 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/scan.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/scan.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ void ubifs_scanned_corruption(const struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum, int offs,
 	int len;
 
 	ubifs_err("corruption at LEB %d:%d", lnum, offs);
-	if (dbg_failure_mode)
+	if (dbg_is_tst_rcvry(c))
 		return;
 	len = c->leb_size - offs;
 	if (len > 8192)
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
index b32a5376b7b4..526b63cd3333 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
@@ -3300,7 +3300,7 @@ int dbg_check_inode_size(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *inode,
 
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return 0;
-	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_GEN))
+	if (!dbg_is_chk_gen(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	block = (size + UBIFS_BLOCK_SIZE - 1) >> UBIFS_BLOCK_SHIFT;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c b/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c
index d6fab1a9986c..8959c726b024 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/tnc_commit.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 /* This file implements TNC functions for committing */
 
 #include "ubifs.h"
+#include <linux/random.h>
 
 /**
  * make_idx_node - make an index node for fill-the-gaps method of TNC commit.
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ static int layout_in_gaps(struct ubifs_info *c, int cnt)
 				c->gap_lebs = NULL;
 				return err;
 			}
-			if (dbg_force_in_the_gaps_enabled()) {
+			if (!dbg_is_chk_gen(c)) {
 				/*
 				 * Do not print scary warnings if the debugging
 				 * option which forces in-the-gaps is enabled.
@@ -689,7 +690,7 @@ static int alloc_idx_lebs(struct ubifs_info *c, int cnt)
 		c->ilebs[c->ileb_cnt++] = lnum;
 		dbg_cmt("LEB %d", lnum);
 	}
-	if (dbg_force_in_the_gaps())
+	if (dbg_is_chk_gen(c) && !(random32() & 7))
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	return 0;
 }