diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index eb0993adb49e..51e855ae8795 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ obj-y			:= filemap.o mempool.o oom_kill.o fadvise.o \
 # Give 'page_alloc' its own module-parameter namespace
 page-alloc-y := page_alloc.o
 page-alloc-$(CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR) += shuffle.o
+CFLAGS_page_alloc.o += -DDYNAMIC_DEBUG_MODULE
 
 obj-y += page-alloc.o
 obj-y += init-mm.o