diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_pppol2tp.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_pppol2tp.h
index 060b4d1f3129..a91044328bc9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_pppol2tp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_pppol2tp.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct pppol2tpv3in6_addr {
 };
 
 /* Socket options:
- * DEBUG	- bitmask of debug message categories
+ * DEBUG	- bitmask of debug message categories (not used)
  * SENDSEQ	- 0 => don't send packets with sequence numbers
  *		  1 => send packets with sequence numbers
  * RECVSEQ	- 0 => receive packet sequence numbers are optional
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h b/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
index 61158f5a1a5b..88a0d32b8c07 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ enum {
 	L2TP_ATTR_VLAN_ID,		/* u16 (not used) */
 	L2TP_ATTR_COOKIE,		/* 0, 4 or 8 bytes */
 	L2TP_ATTR_PEER_COOKIE,		/* 0, 4 or 8 bytes */
-	L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG,		/* u32, enum l2tp_debug_flags */
+	L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG,		/* u32, enum l2tp_debug_flags (not used) */
 	L2TP_ATTR_RECV_SEQ,		/* u8 */
 	L2TP_ATTR_SEND_SEQ,		/* u8 */
 	L2TP_ATTR_LNS_MODE,		/* u8 */
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ enum l2tp_seqmode {
 };
 
 /**
- * enum l2tp_debug_flags - debug message categories for L2TP tunnels/sessions
+ * enum l2tp_debug_flags - debug message categories for L2TP tunnels/sessions.
+ *
+ * Unused.
  *
  * @L2TP_MSG_DEBUG: verbose debug (if compiled in)
  * @L2TP_MSG_CONTROL: userspace - kernel interface
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 651c08dc9bcf..e6e26123dee6 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1405,16 +1405,12 @@ int l2tp_tunnel_create(struct net *net, int fd, int version, u32 tunnel_id, u32
 	tunnel->version = version;
 	tunnel->tunnel_id = tunnel_id;
 	tunnel->peer_tunnel_id = peer_tunnel_id;
-	tunnel->debug = L2TP_DEFAULT_DEBUG_FLAGS;
 
 	tunnel->magic = L2TP_TUNNEL_MAGIC;
 	sprintf(&tunnel->name[0], "tunl %u", tunnel_id);
 	rwlock_init(&tunnel->hlist_lock);
 	tunnel->acpt_newsess = true;
 
-	if (cfg)
-		tunnel->debug = cfg->debug;
-
 	tunnel->encap = encap;
 
 	refcount_set(&tunnel->ref_count, 1);
@@ -1612,12 +1608,8 @@ struct l2tp_session *l2tp_session_create(int priv_size, struct l2tp_tunnel *tunn
 		INIT_HLIST_NODE(&session->hlist);
 		INIT_HLIST_NODE(&session->global_hlist);
 
-		/* Inherit debug options from tunnel */
-		session->debug = tunnel->debug;
-
 		if (cfg) {
 			session->pwtype = cfg->pw_type;
-			session->debug = cfg->debug;
 			session->send_seq = cfg->send_seq;
 			session->recv_seq = cfg->recv_seq;
 			session->lns_mode = cfg->lns_mode;
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index 7a06ac135a9b..07249c5f22ef 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ struct l2tp_session_cfg {
 	unsigned int		lns_mode:1;	/* behave as LNS?
 						 * LAC enables sequence numbers under LNS control.
 						 */
-	int			debug;		/* bitmask of debug message categories */
 	u16			l2specific_type; /* Layer 2 specific type */
 	u8			cookie[8];	/* optional cookie */
 	int			cookie_len;	/* 0, 4 or 8 bytes */
@@ -98,7 +97,6 @@ struct l2tp_session {
 	unsigned int		lns_mode:1;	/* behave as LNS?
 						 * LAC enables sequence numbers under LNS control.
 						 */
-	int			debug;		/* bitmask of debug message categories */
 	int			reorder_timeout; /* configured reorder timeout (in jiffies) */
 	int			reorder_skip;	/* set if skip to next nr */
 	enum l2tp_pwtype	pwtype;
@@ -132,7 +130,6 @@ struct l2tp_session {
 
 /* L2TP tunnel configuration */
 struct l2tp_tunnel_cfg {
-	int			debug;		/* bitmask of debug message categories */
 	enum l2tp_encap_type	encap;
 
 	/* Used only for kernel-created sockets */
@@ -173,7 +170,6 @@ struct l2tp_tunnel {
 	int			version;	/* 2=>L2TPv2, 3=>L2TPv3 */
 
 	char			name[L2TP_TUNNEL_NAME_MAX]; /* for logging */
-	int			debug;		/* bitmask of debug message categories */
 	enum l2tp_encap_type	encap;
 	struct l2tp_stats	stats;
 
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c
index 96cb9601c21b..bca75bef8282 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void l2tp_dfs_seq_tunnel_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   tunnel->sock ? refcount_read(&tunnel->sock->sk_refcnt) : 0,
 		   refcount_read(&tunnel->ref_count));
 	seq_printf(m, " %08x rx %ld/%ld/%ld rx %ld/%ld/%ld\n",
-		   tunnel->debug,
+		   0,
 		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.tx_packets),
 		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.tx_bytes),
 		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.tx_errors),
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static void l2tp_dfs_seq_session_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   session->recv_seq ? 'R' : '-',
 		   session->send_seq ? 'S' : '-',
 		   session->lns_mode ? "LNS" : "LAC",
-		   session->debug,
+		   0,
 		   jiffies_to_msecs(session->reorder_timeout));
 	seq_printf(m, "   offset 0 l2specific %hu/%hu\n",
 		   session->l2specific_type, l2tp_get_l2specific_len(session));
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index def78eebca4c..31a1e27eab20 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -229,9 +229,6 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_tunnel_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG])
-		cfg.debug = nla_get_u32(attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG]);
-
 	ret = -EINVAL;
 	switch (cfg.encap) {
 	case L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP:
@@ -307,9 +304,6 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_tunnel_modify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG])
-		tunnel->debug = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG]);
-
 	ret = l2tp_tunnel_notify(&l2tp_nl_family, info,
 				 tunnel, L2TP_CMD_TUNNEL_MODIFY);
 
@@ -400,7 +394,7 @@ static int l2tp_nl_tunnel_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int fla
 	if (nla_put_u8(skb, L2TP_ATTR_PROTO_VERSION, tunnel->version) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, L2TP_ATTR_CONN_ID, tunnel->tunnel_id) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, L2TP_ATTR_PEER_CONN_ID, tunnel->peer_tunnel_id) ||
-	    nla_put_u32(skb, L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG, tunnel->debug) ||
+	    nla_put_u32(skb, L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG, 0) ||
 	    nla_put_u16(skb, L2TP_ATTR_ENCAP_TYPE, tunnel->encap))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
@@ -605,9 +599,6 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_session_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *inf
 			cfg.ifname = nla_data(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_IFNAME]);
 	}
 
-	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG])
-		cfg.debug = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG]);
-
 	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_RECV_SEQ])
 		cfg.recv_seq = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_RECV_SEQ]);
 
@@ -689,9 +680,6 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_session_modify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *inf
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG])
-		session->debug = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG]);
-
 	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_RECV_SEQ])
 		session->recv_seq = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_RECV_SEQ]);
 
@@ -730,7 +718,7 @@ static int l2tp_nl_session_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int fl
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, L2TP_ATTR_SESSION_ID, session->session_id) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, L2TP_ATTR_PEER_CONN_ID, tunnel->peer_tunnel_id) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, L2TP_ATTR_PEER_SESSION_ID, session->peer_session_id) ||
-	    nla_put_u32(skb, L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG, session->debug) ||
+	    nla_put_u32(skb, L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG, 0) ||
 	    nla_put_u16(skb, L2TP_ATTR_PW_TYPE, session->pwtype))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index bd6bb17dfadb..450637ffa557 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -702,7 +702,6 @@ static int pppol2tp_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uservaddr,
 		if (!tunnel) {
 			struct l2tp_tunnel_cfg tcfg = {
 				.encap = L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP,
-				.debug = 0,
 			};
 
 			/* Prevent l2tp_tunnel_register() from trying to set up
@@ -1147,7 +1146,7 @@ static int pppol2tp_tunnel_setsockopt(struct sock *sk,
 
 	switch (optname) {
 	case PPPOL2TP_SO_DEBUG:
-		tunnel->debug = val;
+		/* Tunnel debug flags option is deprecated */
 		break;
 
 	default:
@@ -1199,7 +1198,7 @@ static int pppol2tp_session_setsockopt(struct sock *sk,
 		break;
 
 	case PPPOL2TP_SO_DEBUG:
-		session->debug = val;
+		/* Session debug flags option is deprecated */
 		break;
 
 	case PPPOL2TP_SO_REORDERTO:
@@ -1271,7 +1270,8 @@ static int pppol2tp_tunnel_getsockopt(struct sock *sk,
 
 	switch (optname) {
 	case PPPOL2TP_SO_DEBUG:
-		*val = tunnel->debug;
+		/* Tunnel debug flags option is deprecated */
+		*val = 0;
 		break;
 
 	default:
@@ -1304,7 +1304,8 @@ static int pppol2tp_session_getsockopt(struct sock *sk,
 		break;
 
 	case PPPOL2TP_SO_DEBUG:
-		*val = session->debug;
+		/* Session debug flags option is deprecated */
+		*val = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case PPPOL2TP_SO_REORDERTO:
@@ -1496,7 +1497,7 @@ static void pppol2tp_seq_tunnel_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   (tunnel == tunnel->sock->sk_user_data) ? 'Y' : 'N',
 		   refcount_read(&tunnel->ref_count) - 1);
 	seq_printf(m, " %08x %ld/%ld/%ld %ld/%ld/%ld\n",
-		   tunnel->debug,
+		   0,
 		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.tx_packets),
 		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.tx_bytes),
 		   atomic_long_read(&tunnel->stats.tx_errors),
@@ -1542,7 +1543,7 @@ static void pppol2tp_seq_session_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   session->recv_seq ? 'R' : '-',
 		   session->send_seq ? 'S' : '-',
 		   session->lns_mode ? "LNS" : "LAC",
-		   session->debug,
+		   0,
 		   jiffies_to_msecs(session->reorder_timeout));
 	seq_printf(m, "   %hu/%hu %ld/%ld/%ld %ld/%ld/%ld\n",
 		   session->nr, session->ns,
