diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
index 277128846dd1..463b9c0283f7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
@@ -1544,20 +1544,18 @@ int amdgpu_debugfs_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	struct dentry *ent;
 	int r, i;
 
-
-
 	ent = debugfs_create_file("amdgpu_preempt_ib", 0600, root, adev,
 				  &fops_ib_preempt);
-	if (!ent) {
+	if (IS_ERR(ent)) {
 		DRM_ERROR("unable to create amdgpu_preempt_ib debugsfs file\n");
-		return -EIO;
+		return PTR_ERR(ent);
 	}
 
 	ent = debugfs_create_file("amdgpu_force_sclk", 0200, root, adev,
 				  &fops_sclk_set);
-	if (!ent) {
+	if (IS_ERR(ent)) {
 		DRM_ERROR("unable to create amdgpu_set_sclk debugsfs file\n");
-		return -EIO;
+		return PTR_ERR(ent);
 	}
 
 	/* Register debugfs entries for amdgpu_ttm */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
index 7b634a1517f9..0554576d3695 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ int amdgpu_debugfs_ring_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 	ent = debugfs_create_file(name,
 				  S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, root,
 				  ring, &amdgpu_debugfs_ring_fops);
-	if (!ent)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(ent))
+		return PTR_ERR(ent);
 
 	i_size_write(ent->d_inode, ring->ring_size + 12);
 	ring->ent = ent;