diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
index 6afd8476c60c..9e948a93d26c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
@@ -34,13 +34,10 @@ struct ptdump_info {
 
 void ptdump_walk_pgd(struct seq_file *s, struct ptdump_info *info);
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS
-int ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info, const char *name);
+void ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info, const char *name);
 #else
-static inline int ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info,
-					const char *name)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
+static inline void ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info,
+					   const char *name) { }
 #endif
 void ptdump_check_wx(void);
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
index fcb1f2a6d7c6..08c250350b8a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ void ptdump_check_wx(void)
 static int ptdump_init(void)
 {
 	ptdump_initialize();
-	return ptdump_debugfs_register(&kernel_ptdump_info,
-					"kernel_page_tables");
+	ptdump_debugfs_register(&kernel_ptdump_info, "kernel_page_tables");
+	return 0;
 }
 device_initcall(ptdump_init);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c b/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
index 24d786fc3a4c..064163f25592 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ static int ptdump_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 }
 DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(ptdump);
 
-int ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info, const char *name)
+void ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info, const char *name)
 {
-	struct dentry *pe;
-	pe = debugfs_create_file(name, 0400, NULL, info, &ptdump_fops);
-	return pe ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
-
+	debugfs_create_file(name, 0400, NULL, info, &ptdump_fops);
 }