diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
index 7b160ee98115..e84f11398c1b 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
@@ -1280,15 +1280,12 @@ static void samsung_debugfs_exit(struct samsung_laptop *samsung)
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(samsung->debug.root);
 }
 
-static int samsung_debugfs_init(struct samsung_laptop *samsung)
+static void samsung_debugfs_init(struct samsung_laptop *samsung)
 {
-	struct dentry *dent;
+	struct dentry *root;
 
-	samsung->debug.root = debugfs_create_dir("samsung-laptop", NULL);
-	if (!samsung->debug.root) {
-		pr_err("failed to create debugfs directory");
-		goto error_debugfs;
-	}
+	root = debugfs_create_dir("samsung-laptop", NULL);
+	samsung->debug.root = root;
 
 	samsung->debug.f0000_wrapper.data = samsung->f0000_segment;
 	samsung->debug.f0000_wrapper.size = 0xffff;
@@ -1299,60 +1296,24 @@ static int samsung_debugfs_init(struct samsung_laptop *samsung)
 	samsung->debug.sdiag_wrapper.data = samsung->sdiag;
 	samsung->debug.sdiag_wrapper.size = strlen(samsung->sdiag);
 
-	dent = debugfs_create_u16("command", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-				  samsung->debug.root, &samsung->debug.command);
-	if (!dent)
-		goto error_debugfs;
-
-	dent = debugfs_create_u32("d0", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, samsung->debug.root,
-				  &samsung->debug.data.d0);
-	if (!dent)
-		goto error_debugfs;
-
-	dent = debugfs_create_u32("d1", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, samsung->debug.root,
-				  &samsung->debug.data.d1);
-	if (!dent)
-		goto error_debugfs;
-
-	dent = debugfs_create_u16("d2", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, samsung->debug.root,
-				  &samsung->debug.data.d2);
-	if (!dent)
-		goto error_debugfs;
-
-	dent = debugfs_create_u8("d3", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, samsung->debug.root,
-				 &samsung->debug.data.d3);
-	if (!dent)
-		goto error_debugfs;
-
-	dent = debugfs_create_blob("data", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-				   samsung->debug.root,
-				   &samsung->debug.data_wrapper);
-	if (!dent)
-		goto error_debugfs;
-
-	dent = debugfs_create_blob("f0000_segment", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-				   samsung->debug.root,
-				   &samsung->debug.f0000_wrapper);
-	if (!dent)
-		goto error_debugfs;
-
-	dent = debugfs_create_file("call", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
-				   samsung->debug.root, samsung,
-				   &samsung_laptop_call_fops);
-	if (!dent)
-		goto error_debugfs;
-
-	dent = debugfs_create_blob("sdiag", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-				   samsung->debug.root,
-				   &samsung->debug.sdiag_wrapper);
-	if (!dent)
-		goto error_debugfs;
-
-	return 0;
-
-error_debugfs:
-	samsung_debugfs_exit(samsung);
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	debugfs_create_u16("command", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root,
+			   &samsung->debug.command);
+	debugfs_create_u32("d0", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root,
+			   &samsung->debug.data.d0);
+	debugfs_create_u32("d1", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root,
+			   &samsung->debug.data.d1);
+	debugfs_create_u16("d2", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root,
+			   &samsung->debug.data.d2);
+	debugfs_create_u8("d3", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root,
+			  &samsung->debug.data.d3);
+	debugfs_create_blob("data", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root,
+			    &samsung->debug.data_wrapper);
+	debugfs_create_blob("f0000_segment", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, root,
+			    &samsung->debug.f0000_wrapper);
+	debugfs_create_file("call", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, root, samsung,
+			    &samsung_laptop_call_fops);
+	debugfs_create_blob("sdiag", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root,
+			    &samsung->debug.sdiag_wrapper);
 }
 
 static void samsung_sabi_exit(struct samsung_laptop *samsung)
@@ -1745,9 +1706,7 @@ static int __init samsung_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_lid_handling;
 
-	ret = samsung_debugfs_init(samsung);
-	if (ret)
-		goto error_debugfs;
+	samsung_debugfs_init(samsung);
 
 	samsung->pm_nb.notifier_call = samsung_pm_notification;
 	register_pm_notifier(&samsung->pm_nb);
@@ -1755,8 +1714,6 @@ static int __init samsung_init(void)
 	samsung_platform_device = samsung->platform_device;
 	return ret;
 
-error_debugfs:
-	samsung_lid_handling_exit(samsung);
 error_lid_handling:
 	samsung_leds_exit(samsung);
 error_leds: