diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig
index f026e5c0e777..514a9b8086e3 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig
@@ -150,6 +150,19 @@ config CORESIGHT_CPU_DEBUG
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called coresight-cpu-debug.
 
+config CORESIGHT_CPU_DEBUG_DEFAULT_ON
+	bool "Enable CoreSight CPU Debug by default"
+	depends on CORESIGHT_CPU_DEBUG
+	help
+	  Say Y here to enable the CoreSight Debug panic-debug by default. This
+	  can also be enabled via debugfs, but this ensures the debug feature
+	  is enabled as early as possible.
+
+	  Has the same effect as setting coresight_cpu_debug.enable=1 on the
+	  kernel command line.
+
+	  Say N if unsure.
+
 config CORESIGHT_CTI
 	tristate "CoreSight Cross Trigger Interface (CTI) driver"
 	depends on ARM || ARM64
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cpu-debug.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cpu-debug.c
index 00de46565bc4..8845ec4b4402 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cpu-debug.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cpu-debug.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct debug_drvdata *, debug_drvdata);
 static int debug_count;
 static struct dentry *debug_debugfs_dir;
 
-static bool debug_enable;
+static bool debug_enable = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_CPU_DEBUG_DEFAULT_ON);
 module_param_named(enable, debug_enable, bool, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable, "Control to enable coresight CPU debug functionality");