diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 265b4aa72252..59e60a9a9f5c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -1455,7 +1455,6 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(fadump_region);
 
 static void fadump_init_files(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *debugfs_file;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	fadump_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("fadump", kernel_kobj);
@@ -1463,12 +1462,9 @@ static void fadump_init_files(void)
 		pr_err("failed to create fadump kobject\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	debugfs_file = debugfs_create_file("fadump_region", 0444,
-					powerpc_debugfs_root, NULL,
-					&fadump_region_fops);
-	if (!debugfs_file)
-		printk(KERN_ERR "fadump: unable to create debugfs file"
-				" fadump_region\n");
+
+	debugfs_create_file("fadump_region", 0444, powerpc_debugfs_root, NULL,
+			    &fadump_region_fops);
 
 	if (fw_dump.dump_active) {
 		rc = sysfs_create_file(fadump_kobj, &release_attr.attr);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 7f8c890360fe..f9c0d888ce8a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -787,8 +787,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(powerpc_debugfs_root);
 static int powerpc_debugfs_init(void)
 {
 	powerpc_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("powerpc", NULL);
-
-	return powerpc_debugfs_root == NULL;
+	return 0;
 }
 arch_initcall(powerpc_debugfs_init);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index 82a3438300fd..3fca22276bb1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -2278,35 +2278,20 @@ void ppc_warn_emulated_print(const char *type)
 
 static int __init ppc_warn_emulated_init(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *dir, *d;
+	struct dentry *dir;
 	unsigned int i;
 	struct ppc_emulated_entry *entries = (void *)&ppc_emulated;
 
-	if (!powerpc_debugfs_root)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	dir = debugfs_create_dir("emulated_instructions",
 				 powerpc_debugfs_root);
-	if (!dir)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	d = debugfs_create_u32("do_warn", 0644, dir,
-			       &ppc_warn_emulated);
-	if (!d)
-		goto fail;
+	debugfs_create_u32("do_warn", 0644, dir, &ppc_warn_emulated);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(ppc_emulated)/sizeof(*entries); i++) {
-		d = debugfs_create_u32(entries[i].name, 0644, dir,
-				       (u32 *)&entries[i].val.counter);
-		if (!d)
-			goto fail;
-	}
+	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(ppc_emulated)/sizeof(*entries); i++)
+		debugfs_create_u32(entries[i].name, 0644, dir,
+				   (u32 *)&entries[i].val.counter);
 
 	return 0;
-
-fail:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 device_initcall(ppc_warn_emulated_init);