diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/ptdump.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/ptdump.h
index 3ebf9718288d..0c2d3d0d4cc6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/ptdump.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/ptdump.h
@@ -21,13 +21,10 @@ struct ptdump_info {
 
 void ptdump_walk_pgd(struct seq_file *s, struct ptdump_info *info);
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_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 /* CONFIG_ARM_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS */
 
 void ptdump_check_wx(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dump.c b/arch/arm/mm/dump.c
index 084779c5c893..eb385a500ed0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/dump.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/dump.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ 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;
 }
 __initcall(ptdump_init);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c b/arch/arm/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
index be8d87be4b93..598b636615a2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ static const struct file_operations ptdump_fops = {
 	.release	= single_release,
 };
 
-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);
 }