diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index acef14ad53db..d89874da9791 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -617,13 +617,10 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_symlink(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_symlink);
 
-static void __debugfs_remove_file(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
+static void __debugfs_file_removed(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct debugfs_fsdata *fsd;
 
-	simple_unlink(d_inode(parent), dentry);
-	d_delete(dentry);
-
 	/*
 	 * Paired with the closing smp_mb() implied by a successful
 	 * cmpxchg() in debugfs_file_get(): either
@@ -644,16 +641,15 @@ static int __debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
 
 	if (simple_positive(dentry)) {
 		dget(dentry);
-		if (!d_is_reg(dentry)) {
-			if (d_is_dir(dentry))
-				ret = simple_rmdir(d_inode(parent), dentry);
-			else
-				simple_unlink(d_inode(parent), dentry);
-			if (!ret)
-				d_delete(dentry);
+		if (d_is_dir(dentry)) {
+			ret = simple_rmdir(d_inode(parent), dentry);
 		} else {
-			__debugfs_remove_file(dentry, parent);
+			simple_unlink(d_inode(parent), dentry);
 		}
+		if (!ret)
+			d_delete(dentry);
+		if (d_is_reg(dentry))
+			__debugfs_file_removed(dentry);
 		dput(dentry);
 	}
 	return ret;