diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
index 29a29949ad0b..cb203d63b286 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void __drm_dev_dbg(const struct device *dev, enum drm_debug_category category,
 	struct va_format vaf;
 	va_list args;
 
-	if (!drm_debug_enabled(category))
+	if (!__drm_debug_enabled(category))
 		return;
 
 	va_start(args, format);
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ void ___drm_dbg(enum drm_debug_category category, const char *format, ...)
 	struct va_format vaf;
 	va_list args;
 
-	if (!drm_debug_enabled(category))
+	if (!__drm_debug_enabled(category))
 		return;
 
 	va_start(args, format);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_print.h b/include/drm/drm_print.h
index dfdd81c3287c..9af57d3df259 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_print.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_print.h
@@ -321,11 +321,30 @@ enum drm_debug_category {
 	DRM_UT_DRMRES
 };
 
-static inline bool drm_debug_enabled(enum drm_debug_category category)
+static inline bool drm_debug_enabled_raw(enum drm_debug_category category)
 {
 	return unlikely(__drm_debug & BIT(category));
 }
 
+#define drm_debug_enabled_instrumented(category)			\
+	({								\
+		pr_debug("todo: is this frequent enough to optimize ?\n"); \
+		drm_debug_enabled_raw(category);			\
+	})
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_DRM_USE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG)
+/*
+ * the drm.debug API uses dyndbg, so each drm_*dbg macro/callsite gets
+ * a descriptor, and only enabled callsites are reachable.  They use
+ * the private macro to avoid re-testing the enable-bit.
+ */
+#define __drm_debug_enabled(category)	true
+#define drm_debug_enabled(category)	drm_debug_enabled_instrumented(category)
+#else
+#define __drm_debug_enabled(category)	drm_debug_enabled_raw(category)
+#define drm_debug_enabled(category)	drm_debug_enabled_raw(category)
+#endif
+
 /*
  * struct device based logging
  *