diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
index 55437fd..2ac42286 100644
--- a/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -850,26 +850,16 @@ static const struct file_operations debug_stats_fops = {
 
 static int __init debug_objects_init_debugfs(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *dbgdir, *dbgstats;
+	struct dentry *dbgdir;
 
 	if (!debug_objects_enabled)
 		return 0;
 
 	dbgdir = debugfs_create_dir("debug_objects", NULL);
-	if (!dbgdir)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	dbgstats = debugfs_create_file("stats", 0444, dbgdir, NULL,
-				       &debug_stats_fops);
-	if (!dbgstats)
-		goto err;
+	debugfs_create_file("stats", 0444, dbgdir, NULL, &debug_stats_fops);
 
 	return 0;
-
-err:
-	debugfs_remove(dbgdir);
-
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 __initcall(debug_objects_init_debugfs);