diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
index 45c2d6528829..93b61b1f2beb 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
 #define ACPI_DEBUGGER
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG
+#define ACPI_MUTEX_DEBUG
+#endif
+
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>