diff --git a/kernel/fail_function.c b/kernel/fail_function.c
index feb80712b913..63b349168da7 100644
--- a/kernel/fail_function.c
+++ b/kernel/fail_function.c
@@ -152,20 +152,13 @@ static int fei_retval_get(void *data, u64 *val)
 DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fei_retval_ops, fei_retval_get, fei_retval_set,
 			 "%llx\n");
 
-static int fei_debugfs_add_attr(struct fei_attr *attr)
+static void fei_debugfs_add_attr(struct fei_attr *attr)
 {
 	struct dentry *dir;
 
 	dir = debugfs_create_dir(attr->kp.symbol_name, fei_debugfs_dir);
-	if (!dir)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (!debugfs_create_file("retval", 0600, dir, attr, &fei_retval_ops)) {
-		debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	debugfs_create_file("retval", 0600, dir, attr, &fei_retval_ops);
 }
 
 static void fei_debugfs_remove_attr(struct fei_attr *attr)
@@ -306,7 +299,7 @@ static ssize_t fei_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 
 	ret = register_kprobe(&attr->kp);
 	if (!ret)
-		ret = fei_debugfs_add_attr(attr);
+		fei_debugfs_add_attr(attr);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		fei_attr_remove(attr);
 	else {
@@ -337,19 +330,13 @@ static int __init fei_debugfs_init(void)
 		return PTR_ERR(dir);
 
 	/* injectable attribute is just a symlink of error_inject/list */
-	if (!debugfs_create_symlink("injectable", dir,
-				    "../error_injection/list"))
-		goto error;
+	debugfs_create_symlink("injectable", dir, "../error_injection/list");
 
-	if (!debugfs_create_file("inject", 0600, dir, NULL, &fei_ops))
-		goto error;
+	debugfs_create_file("inject", 0600, dir, NULL, &fei_ops);
 
 	fei_debugfs_dir = dir;
 
 	return 0;
-error:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 late_initcall(fei_debugfs_init);