diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_device.c
index 519deea8e39b..74e3b460132b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_device.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ static unsigned ttm_glob_use_count;
 struct ttm_global ttm_glob;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ttm_glob);
 
+struct dentry *ttm_debugfs_root;
+
 static void ttm_global_release(void)
 {
 	struct ttm_global *glob = &ttm_glob;
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ static void ttm_global_release(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	ttm_pool_mgr_fini();
+	debugfs_remove(ttm_debugfs_root);
 
 	__free_page(glob->dummy_read_page);
 	memset(glob, 0, sizeof(*glob));
@@ -73,6 +76,13 @@ static int ttm_global_init(void)
 
 	si_meminfo(&si);
 
+	ttm_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("ttm", NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(ttm_debugfs_root)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ttm_debugfs_root);
+		ttm_debugfs_root = NULL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* Limit the number of pages in the pool to about 50% of the total
 	 * system memory.
 	 */
@@ -100,6 +110,8 @@ static int ttm_global_init(void)
 	debugfs_create_atomic_t("buffer_objects", 0444, ttm_debugfs_root,
 				&glob->bo_count);
 out:
+	if (ret && ttm_debugfs_root)
+		debugfs_remove(ttm_debugfs_root);
 	if (ret)
 		--ttm_glob_use_count;
 	mutex_unlock(&ttm_global_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_module.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_module.c
index 997c458f68a9..7fcdef278c74 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_module.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_module.c
@@ -72,22 +72,6 @@ pgprot_t ttm_prot_from_caching(enum ttm_caching caching, pgprot_t tmp)
 	return tmp;
 }
 
-struct dentry *ttm_debugfs_root;
-
-static int __init ttm_init(void)
-{
-	ttm_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("ttm", NULL);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit ttm_exit(void)
-{
-	debugfs_remove(ttm_debugfs_root);
-}
-
-module_init(ttm_init);
-module_exit(ttm_exit);
-
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Thomas Hellstrom, Jerome Glisse");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TTM memory manager subsystem (for DRM device)");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL and additional rights");