diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bcm_kona_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bcm_kona_wdt.c
index e2ad44816359..921291025680 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/bcm_kona_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/bcm_kona_wdt.c
@@ -143,24 +143,18 @@ static void bcm_kona_wdt_debug_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	wdt->debugfs = NULL;
 
 	dir = debugfs_create_dir(BCM_KONA_WDT_NAME, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dir))
-		return;
 
-	if (debugfs_create_file("info", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, dir, wdt,
-				&bcm_kona_fops))
-		wdt->debugfs = dir;
-	else
-		debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
+	debugfs_create_file("info", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, dir, wdt,
+			    &bcm_kona_fops);
+	wdt->debugfs = dir;
 }
 
 static void bcm_kona_wdt_debug_exit(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct bcm_kona_wdt *wdt = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	if (wdt && wdt->debugfs) {
+	if (wdt)
 		debugfs_remove_recursive(wdt->debugfs);
-		wdt->debugfs = NULL;
-	}
 }
 
 #else