diff --git a/drivers/thermal/broadcom/bcm2835_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/broadcom/bcm2835_thermal.c
index ba39647a690c..3199977f1e73 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/broadcom/bcm2835_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/broadcom/bcm2835_thermal.c
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ static void bcm2835_thermal_debugfs(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct debugfs_regset32 *regset;
 
 	data->debugfsdir = debugfs_create_dir("bcm2835_thermal", NULL);
-	if (!data->debugfsdir)
-		return;
 
 	regset = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*regset), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!regset)