diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 060348125635..9cbf086fe552 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ late_initcall(deferred_probe_initcall);
 
 static void __exit deferred_probe_exit(void)
 {
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_lookup("devices_deferred", NULL));
+	debugfs_lookup_and_remove("devices_deferred", NULL);
 }
 __exitcall(deferred_probe_exit);