diff --git a/mm/cma_debug.c b/mm/cma_debug.c
index ad6723e9d110..b55f28fbe831 100644
--- a/mm/cma_debug.c
+++ b/mm/cma_debug.c
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ static int __init cma_debugfs_init(void)
 	int i;
 
 	cma_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("cma", NULL);
-	if (!cma_debugfs_root)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < cma_area_count; i++)
 		cma_debugfs_add_one(&cma_areas[i], i);
diff --git a/mm/failslab.c b/mm/failslab.c
index b135ebb88b6f..ec5aad211c5b 100644
--- a/mm/failslab.c
+++ b/mm/failslab.c
@@ -48,18 +48,12 @@ static int __init failslab_debugfs_init(void)
 	if (IS_ERR(dir))
 		return PTR_ERR(dir);
 
-	if (!debugfs_create_bool("ignore-gfp-wait", mode, dir,
-				&failslab.ignore_gfp_reclaim))
-		goto fail;
-	if (!debugfs_create_bool("cache-filter", mode, dir,
-				&failslab.cache_filter))
-		goto fail;
+	debugfs_create_bool("ignore-gfp-wait", mode, dir,
+			    &failslab.ignore_gfp_reclaim);
+	debugfs_create_bool("cache-filter", mode, dir,
+			    &failslab.cache_filter);
 
 	return 0;
-fail:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
-
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 late_initcall(failslab_debugfs_init);
diff --git a/mm/gup_benchmark.c b/mm/gup_benchmark.c
index 5b42d3d4b60a..6c0279e70cc4 100644
--- a/mm/gup_benchmark.c
+++ b/mm/gup_benchmark.c
@@ -122,12 +122,8 @@ static const struct file_operations gup_benchmark_fops = {
 
 static int gup_benchmark_init(void)
 {
-	void *ret;
-
-	ret = debugfs_create_file_unsafe("gup_benchmark", 0600, NULL, NULL,
-			&gup_benchmark_fops);
-	if (!ret)
-		pr_warn("Failed to create gup_benchmark in debugfs");
+	debugfs_create_file_unsafe("gup_benchmark", 0600, NULL, NULL,
+				   &gup_benchmark_fops);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index d066f7ca1ee8..af07527cd971 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2887,12 +2887,8 @@ DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(split_huge_pages_fops, NULL, split_huge_pages_set,
 
 static int __init split_huge_pages_debugfs(void)
 {
-	void *ret;
-
-	ret = debugfs_create_file("split_huge_pages", 0200, NULL, NULL,
-			&split_huge_pages_fops);
-	if (!ret)
-		pr_warn("Failed to create split_huge_pages in debugfs");
+	debugfs_create_file("split_huge_pages", 0200, NULL, NULL,
+			    &split_huge_pages_fops);
 	return 0;
 }
 late_initcall(split_huge_pages_debugfs);
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index ea31045ba704..470601115892 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -2005,8 +2005,7 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(memblock_debug);
 static int __init memblock_init_debugfs(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *root = debugfs_create_dir("memblock", NULL);
-	if (!root)
-		return -ENXIO;
+
 	debugfs_create_file("memory", 0444, root,
 			    &memblock.memory, &memblock_debug_fops);
 	debugfs_create_file("reserved", 0444, root,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 79e0173a7d70..6aff43171a7b 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3334,12 +3334,8 @@ DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fault_around_bytes_fops,
 
 static int __init fault_around_debugfs(void)
 {
-	void *ret;
-
-	ret = debugfs_create_file_unsafe("fault_around_bytes", 0644, NULL, NULL,
-			&fault_around_bytes_fops);
-	if (!ret)
-		pr_warn("Failed to create fault_around_bytes in debugfs");
+	debugfs_create_file_unsafe("fault_around_bytes", 0644, NULL, NULL,
+				   &fault_around_bytes_fops);
 	return 0;
 }
 late_initcall(fault_around_debugfs);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 09bf2c5f8b4b..9be9a22ebe35 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3230,24 +3230,14 @@ static int __init fail_page_alloc_debugfs(void)
 
 	dir = fault_create_debugfs_attr("fail_page_alloc", NULL,
 					&fail_page_alloc.attr);
-	if (IS_ERR(dir))
-		return PTR_ERR(dir);
 
-	if (!debugfs_create_bool("ignore-gfp-wait", mode, dir,
-				&fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_reclaim))
-		goto fail;
-	if (!debugfs_create_bool("ignore-gfp-highmem", mode, dir,
-				&fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_highmem))
-		goto fail;
-	if (!debugfs_create_u32("min-order", mode, dir,
-				&fail_page_alloc.min_order))
-		goto fail;
+	debugfs_create_bool("ignore-gfp-wait", mode, dir,
+			    &fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_reclaim);
+	debugfs_create_bool("ignore-gfp-highmem", mode, dir,
+			    &fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_highmem);
+	debugfs_create_u32("min-order", mode, dir, &fail_page_alloc.min_order);
 
 	return 0;
-fail:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
-
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 late_initcall(fail_page_alloc_debugfs);
diff --git a/mm/page_owner.c b/mm/page_owner.c
index 28b06524939f..925b6f44a444 100644
--- a/mm/page_owner.c
+++ b/mm/page_owner.c
@@ -625,16 +625,14 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_page_owner_operations = {
 
 static int __init pageowner_init(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-
 	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&page_owner_inited)) {
 		pr_info("page_owner is disabled\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	dentry = debugfs_create_file("page_owner", 0400, NULL,
-				     NULL, &proc_page_owner_operations);
+	debugfs_create_file("page_owner", 0400, NULL, NULL,
+			    &proc_page_owner_operations);
 
-	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dentry);
+	return 0;
 }
 late_initcall(pageowner_init)
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 83b30edc2f7f..36b56f858f0f 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -2121,21 +2121,14 @@ static int __init extfrag_debug_init(void)
 	struct dentry *extfrag_debug_root;
 
 	extfrag_debug_root = debugfs_create_dir("extfrag", NULL);
-	if (!extfrag_debug_root)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (!debugfs_create_file("unusable_index", 0444,
-			extfrag_debug_root, NULL, &unusable_file_ops))
-		goto fail;
+	debugfs_create_file("unusable_index", 0444, extfrag_debug_root, NULL,
+			    &unusable_file_ops);
 
-	if (!debugfs_create_file("extfrag_index", 0444,
-			extfrag_debug_root, NULL, &extfrag_file_ops))
-		goto fail;
+	debugfs_create_file("extfrag_index", 0444, extfrag_debug_root, NULL,
+			    &extfrag_file_ops);
 
 	return 0;
-fail:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(extfrag_debug_root);
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 module_init(extfrag_debug_init);