diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/usbip/Kconfig
index 350d5d65ccf3..2c1d10acb8b5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/Kconfig
@@ -34,3 +34,10 @@ config USB_IP_HOST
 
 	 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	 module will be called usbip.
+
+config USB_IP_DEBUG_ENABLE
+	bool "USB-IP Debug Enable"
+	depends on USB_IP_COMMON
+	default N
+	---help---
+	  This enables the debug messages from the USB-IP drivers.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/Makefile b/drivers/staging/usbip/Makefile
index 179f4211f96b..6f2916b1807a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ vhci-hcd-objs := vhci_sysfs.o vhci_tx.o vhci_rx.o vhci_hcd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_IP_HOST) += usbip.o
 usbip-objs := stub_dev.o stub_main.o stub_rx.o stub_tx.o
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_USB_DEBUG),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_USB_IP_DEBUG_ENABLE),y)
 	EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DDEBUG
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
index d8197028f20a..7a45da8f9565 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /* debug routines */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_USB_DEBUG
+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_IP_DEBUG_ENABLE
 unsigned long usbip_debug_flag = 0xffffffff;
 #else
 unsigned long usbip_debug_flag;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.h b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.h
index 1ca3eab8af18..6f1dcb197d13 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.h
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * usbip_udbg - print debug messages if CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is defined
+ * usbip_udbg - print debug messages if CONFIG_USB_IP_DEBUG_ENABLE is defined
  * @fmt:
  * @args:
  */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_USB_DEBUG
+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_IP_DEBUG_ENABLE
 
 #define usbip_udbg(fmt, args...)					\
 	do {								\
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
 			__FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, ##args);		\
 	} while (0)
 
-#else  /* CONFIG_USB_DEBUG */
+#else  /* CONFIG_USB_IP_DEBUG_ENABLE */
 
 #define usbip_udbg(fmt, args...)		do { } while (0)
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_USB_DEBUG */
+#endif /* CONFIG_USB_IP_DEBUG_ENABLE */
 
 
 enum {