diff --git a/hif/inc/hif.h b/hif/inc/hif.h
index e6c01302ce..49a671843a 100644
--- a/hif/inc/hif.h
+++ b/hif/inc/hif.h
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ void hif_set_initial_wakeup_cb(struct hif_opaque_softc *hif_ctx,
  * Note: For MCL, #if defined (HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) needs to be checked
  * for defined here
  */
-#if HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF
+#if defined(HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) || defined(HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF)
 ssize_t hif_dump_desc_trace_buf(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
 ssize_t hif_input_desc_trace_buf_index(struct hif_softc *scn,
diff --git a/hif/src/ce/ce_internal.h b/hif/src/ce/ce_internal.h
index 1a4557a248..5390982124 100644
--- a/hif/src/ce/ce_internal.h
+++ b/hif/src/ce/ce_internal.h
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ int hif_get_wake_ce_id(struct hif_softc *scn, uint8_t *ce_id);
  * Note: For MCL, #if defined (HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) needs to be checked
  * for defined here
  */
-#if HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF
+#if defined(HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) || defined(HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF)
 
 #ifndef HIF_CE_HISTORY_MAX
 #define HIF_CE_HISTORY_MAX 512
diff --git a/hif/src/ce/ce_service.c b/hif/src/ce/ce_service.c
index ed94b77140..e39414ca09 100644
--- a/hif/src/ce/ce_service.c
+++ b/hif/src/ce/ce_service.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void hif_ce_war_enable(void)
  * Note: For MCL, #if defined (HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) needs to be checked
  * for defined here
  */
-#if HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF
+#if defined(HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) || defined(HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF)
 
 #define CE_DEBUG_PRINT_BUF_SIZE(x) (((x) * 3) - 1)
 #define CE_DEBUG_DATA_PER_ROW 16
@@ -2792,7 +2792,7 @@ static uint32_t hif_dump_desc_data_buf(uint8_t *buf, ssize_t pos,
  * Note: For MCL, #if defined (HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) needs to be checked
  * for defined here
  */
-#if HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF
+#if defined(HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) || defined(HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF)
 static const char *ce_event_type_to_str(enum hif_ce_event_type type)
 {
 	switch (type) {
diff --git a/hif/src/hif_main.h b/hif/src/hif_main.h
index 40b91292ef..5e6c4e1f8b 100644
--- a/hif/src/hif_main.h
+++ b/hif/src/hif_main.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ struct hif_ce_stats {
  * Note: For MCL, #if defined (HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) needs to be checked
  * for defined here
  */
-#if HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF
+#if defined(HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) || defined(HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF)
 struct ce_desc_hist {
 	qdf_atomic_t history_index[CE_COUNT_MAX];
 	uint32_t enable[CE_COUNT_MAX];
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ struct hif_softc {
  * Note: For MCL, #if defined (HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) needs to be checked
  * for defined here
  */
-#if HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF
+#if defined(HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) || defined(HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF)
 	struct ce_desc_hist hif_ce_desc_hist;
 #endif /* #if defined(HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) || HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF */
 #ifdef IPA_OFFLOAD