diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c
index f9c3947577fc..6218bfe54f52 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c
@@ -590,14 +590,10 @@ static int uhci_start(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&uhci->waitqh);
 
 #ifdef UHCI_DEBUG_OPS
-	dentry = debugfs_create_file(hcd->self.bus_name,
-			S_IFREG|S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, uhci_debugfs_root,
-			uhci, &uhci_debug_operations);
-	if (!dentry) {
-		dev_err(uhci_dev(uhci), "couldn't create uhci debugfs entry\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-	uhci->dentry = dentry;
+	uhci->dentry = debugfs_create_file(hcd->self.bus_name,
+					   S_IFREG|S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR,
+					   uhci_debugfs_root, uhci,
+					   &uhci_debug_operations);
 #endif
 
 	uhci->frame = dma_zalloc_coherent(uhci_dev(uhci),
@@ -882,8 +878,6 @@ static int __init uhci_hcd_init(void)
 	if (!errbuf)
 		goto errbuf_failed;
 	uhci_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("uhci", usb_debug_root);
-	if (!uhci_debugfs_root)
-		goto debug_failed;
 #endif
 
 	uhci_up_cachep = kmem_cache_create("uhci_urb_priv",
@@ -918,7 +912,6 @@ up_failed:
 #if defined(DEBUG) || defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG)
 	debugfs_remove(uhci_debugfs_root);
 
-debug_failed:
 	kfree(errbuf);
 
 errbuf_failed: