diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index e57bf810f798..9857446021af 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -2118,14 +2118,9 @@ void __init kmemleak_init(void)
  */
 static int __init kmemleak_late_init(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-
 	kmemleak_initialized = 1;
 
-	dentry = debugfs_create_file("kmemleak", 0644, NULL, NULL,
-				     &kmemleak_fops);
-	if (!dentry)
-		pr_warn("Failed to create the debugfs kmemleak file\n");
+	debugfs_create_file("kmemleak", 0644, NULL, NULL, &kmemleak_fops);
 
 	if (kmemleak_error) {
 		/*