diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
index 2046a6987453..8ab2f1360a45 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
@@ -582,6 +582,15 @@ static void clean_keys(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, int c)
 	}
 }
 
+static void mlx5_mr_cache_debugfs_cleanup(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
+{
+	if (!mlx5_debugfs_root)
+		return;
+
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(dev->cache.root);
+	dev->cache.root = NULL;
+}
+
 static int mlx5_mr_cache_debugfs_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct mlx5_mr_cache *cache = &dev->cache;
@@ -600,38 +609,34 @@ static int mlx5_mr_cache_debugfs_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 		sprintf(ent->name, "%d", ent->order);
 		ent->dir = debugfs_create_dir(ent->name,  cache->root);
 		if (!ent->dir)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			goto err;
 
 		ent->fsize = debugfs_create_file("size", 0600, ent->dir, ent,
 						 &size_fops);
 		if (!ent->fsize)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			goto err;
 
 		ent->flimit = debugfs_create_file("limit", 0600, ent->dir, ent,
 						  &limit_fops);
 		if (!ent->flimit)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			goto err;
 
 		ent->fcur = debugfs_create_u32("cur", 0400, ent->dir,
 					       &ent->cur);
 		if (!ent->fcur)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			goto err;
 
 		ent->fmiss = debugfs_create_u32("miss", 0600, ent->dir,
 						&ent->miss);
 		if (!ent->fmiss)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			goto err;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-}
+err:
+	mlx5_mr_cache_debugfs_cleanup(dev);
 
-static void mlx5_mr_cache_debugfs_cleanup(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
-{
-	if (!mlx5_debugfs_root)
-		return;
-
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(dev->cache.root);
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static void delay_time_func(unsigned long ctx)
@@ -692,6 +697,11 @@ int mlx5_mr_cache_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 	if (err)
 		mlx5_ib_warn(dev, "cache debugfs failure\n");
 
+	/*
+	 * We don't want to fail driver if debugfs failed to initialize,
+	 * so we are not forwarding error to the user.
+	 */
+
 	return 0;
 }