diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
index 8d9eec5f6d8b..6a2001250da1 100644
--- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
@@ -51,12 +51,16 @@ struct _ddebug {
 #endif
 } __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 
-
+/* encapsulate linker provided built-in (or module) dyndbg data */
+struct _ddebug_info {
+	struct _ddebug *descs;
+	unsigned int num_descs;
+};
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE)
 
-int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug *tab, unsigned int n,
-				const char *modname);
+int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug_info *dyndbg, const char *modname);
+
 extern int ddebug_remove_module(const char *mod_name);
 extern __printf(2, 3)
 void __dynamic_pr_debug(struct _ddebug *descriptor, const char *fmt, ...);
@@ -184,8 +188,7 @@ void __dynamic_ibdev_dbg(struct _ddebug *descriptor,
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
 
-static inline int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug *tab, unsigned int n,
-				    const char *modname)
+static inline int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug_info *dinfo, const char *modname)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/module/internal.h b/kernel/module/internal.h
index 680d980a4fb2..2e2bf236f558 100644
--- a/kernel/module/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/module/internal.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab_gpl[];
 extern const s32 __start___kcrctab[];
 extern const s32 __start___kcrctab_gpl[];
 
+#include <linux/dynamic_debug.h>
 struct load_info {
 	const char *name;
 	/* pointer to module in temporary copy, freed at end of load_module() */
@@ -62,8 +63,7 @@ struct load_info {
 	Elf_Shdr *sechdrs;
 	char *secstrings, *strtab;
 	unsigned long symoffs, stroffs, init_typeoffs, core_typeoffs;
-	struct _ddebug *debug;
-	unsigned int num_debug;
+	struct _ddebug_info dyndbg;
 	bool sig_ok;
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 	unsigned long mod_kallsyms_init_off;
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index a4e4d84b6f4e..4c20bc3ff203 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -1598,16 +1598,16 @@ static void free_modinfo(struct module *mod)
 	}
 }
 
-static void dynamic_debug_setup(struct module *mod, struct _ddebug *debug, unsigned int num)
+static void dynamic_debug_setup(struct module *mod, struct _ddebug_info *dyndbg)
 {
-	if (!debug)
+	if (!dyndbg->num_descs)
 		return;
-	ddebug_add_module(debug, num, mod->name);
+	ddebug_add_module(dyndbg, mod->name);
 }
 
-static void dynamic_debug_remove(struct module *mod, struct _ddebug *debug)
+static void dynamic_debug_remove(struct module *mod, struct _ddebug_info *dyndbg)
 {
-	if (debug)
+	if (dyndbg->num_descs)
 		ddebug_remove_module(mod->name);
 }
 
@@ -2111,8 +2111,8 @@ static int find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 	if (section_addr(info, "__obsparm"))
 		pr_warn("%s: Ignoring obsolete parameters\n", mod->name);
 
-	info->debug = section_objs(info, "__dyndbg",
-				   sizeof(*info->debug), &info->num_debug);
+	info->dyndbg.descs = section_objs(info, "__dyndbg",
+					sizeof(*info->dyndbg.descs), &info->dyndbg.num_descs);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2807,7 +2807,7 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
 	}
 
 	init_build_id(mod, info);
-	dynamic_debug_setup(mod, info->debug, info->num_debug);
+	dynamic_debug_setup(mod, &info->dyndbg);
 
 	/* Ftrace init must be called in the MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED state */
 	ftrace_module_init(mod);
@@ -2871,7 +2871,7 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
 
  ddebug_cleanup:
 	ftrace_release_mod(mod);
-	dynamic_debug_remove(mod, info->debug);
+	dynamic_debug_remove(mod, &info->dyndbg);
 	synchronize_rcu();
 	kfree(mod->args);
  free_arch_cleanup:
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 2e8ebef3bd0d..c358ccdf4a39 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -923,14 +923,20 @@ static const struct proc_ops proc_fops = {
  * Allocate a new ddebug_table for the given module
  * and add it to the global list.
  */
-int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug *tab, unsigned int n,
-			     const char *name)
+static int __ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug_info *di, unsigned int base,
+			       const char *modname)
 {
 	struct ddebug_table *dt;
 
+	v3pr_info("add-module: %s.%d sites\n", modname, di->num_descs);
+	if (!di->num_descs) {
+		v3pr_info(" skip %s\n", modname);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	dt = kzalloc(sizeof(*dt), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (dt == NULL) {
-		pr_err("error adding module: %s\n", name);
+		pr_err("error adding module: %s\n", modname);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	/*
@@ -939,18 +945,25 @@ int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug *tab, unsigned int n,
 	 * member of struct module, which lives at least as long as
 	 * this struct ddebug_table.
 	 */
-	dt->mod_name = name;
-	dt->num_ddebugs = n;
-	dt->ddebugs = tab;
+	dt->mod_name = modname;
+	dt->ddebugs = di->descs;
+	dt->num_ddebugs = di->num_descs;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dt->link);
 
 	mutex_lock(&ddebug_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&dt->link, &ddebug_tables);
 	mutex_unlock(&ddebug_lock);
 
-	vpr_info("%3u debug prints in module %s\n", n, dt->mod_name);
+	vpr_info("%3u debug prints in module %s\n", di->num_descs, modname);
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug_info *di, const char *modname)
+{
+	return __ddebug_add_module(di, 0, modname);
+}
+
 /* helper for ddebug_dyndbg_(boot|module)_param_cb */
 static int ddebug_dyndbg_param_cb(char *param, char *val,
 				const char *modname, int on_err)
@@ -1064,6 +1077,11 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void)
 	const char *modname;
 	char *cmdline;
 
+	struct _ddebug_info di = {
+		.descs = __start___dyndbg,
+		.num_descs = __stop___dyndbg - __start___dyndbg,
+	};
+
 	if (&__start___dyndbg == &__stop___dyndbg) {
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG)) {
 			pr_warn("_ddebug table is empty in a CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG build\n");
@@ -1082,7 +1100,9 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void)
 
 		if (strcmp(modname, iter->modname)) {
 			mod_ct++;
-			ret = ddebug_add_module(iter_mod_start, mod_sites, modname);
+			di.num_descs = mod_sites;
+			di.descs = iter_mod_start;
+			ret = __ddebug_add_module(&di, i - mod_sites, modname);
 			if (ret)
 				goto out_err;
 
@@ -1091,7 +1111,9 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void)
 			iter_mod_start = iter;
 		}
 	}
-	ret = ddebug_add_module(iter_mod_start, mod_sites, modname);
+	di.num_descs = mod_sites;
+	di.descs = iter_mod_start;
+	ret = __ddebug_add_module(&di, i - mod_sites, modname);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_err;
 
