diff --git a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
index e7cfdbd1f66d..93821c11bff9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
@@ -761,10 +761,6 @@ static int kim_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pr_info("sysfs entries created\n");
 
 	kim_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("ti-st", NULL);
-	if (!kim_debugfs_dir) {
-		pr_err(" debugfs entries creation failed ");
-		return 0;
-	}
 
 	debugfs_create_file("version", S_IRUGO, kim_debugfs_dir,
 				kim_gdata, &version_fops);