diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 1c80521fd436..a95c5cd28135 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -8604,10 +8604,6 @@ struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry(void)
 	 */
 	tr->dir = debugfs_create_automount("tracing", NULL,
 					   trace_automount, NULL);
-	if (!tr->dir) {
-		pr_warn_once("Could not create debugfs directory 'tracing'\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
 
 	return NULL;
 }