diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/debugfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/debugfs.c
index aeb0f07103de..427ba0ce74a5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/debugfs.c
@@ -1339,8 +1339,6 @@ DEBUGFS_FILE_OPS(driver_stats);
 void hfi1_dbg_init(void)
 {
 	hfi1_dbg_root  = debugfs_create_dir(DRIVER_NAME, NULL);
-	if (!hfi1_dbg_root)
-		pr_warn("init of debugfs failed\n");
 	debugfs_create_file("driver_stats_names", 0444, hfi1_dbg_root, NULL,
 			    &_driver_stats_names_file_ops);
 	debugfs_create_file("driver_stats", 0444, hfi1_dbg_root, NULL,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/fault.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/fault.c
index dd09b8544568..3fd3315d0fb0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/fault.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/fault.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ void hfi1_fault_exit_debugfs(struct hfi1_ibdev *ibd)
 int hfi1_fault_init_debugfs(struct hfi1_ibdev *ibd)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent = ibd->hfi1_ibdev_dbg;
+	struct dentry *fault_dir;
 
 	ibd->fault = kzalloc(sizeof(*ibd->fault), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ibd->fault)
@@ -269,46 +270,31 @@ int hfi1_fault_init_debugfs(struct hfi1_ibdev *ibd)
 	bitmap_zero(ibd->fault->opcodes,
 		    sizeof(ibd->fault->opcodes) * BITS_PER_BYTE);
 
-	ibd->fault->dir =
-		fault_create_debugfs_attr("fault", parent,
-					  &ibd->fault->attr);
-	if (IS_ERR(ibd->fault->dir)) {
+	fault_dir =
+		fault_create_debugfs_attr("fault", parent, &ibd->fault->attr);
+	if (IS_ERR(fault_dir)) {
 		kfree(ibd->fault);
 		ibd->fault = NULL;
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
+	ibd->fault->dir = fault_dir;
 
-	debugfs_create_file("fault_stats", 0444, ibd->fault->dir, ibd,
+	debugfs_create_file("fault_stats", 0444, fault_dir, ibd,
 			    &_fault_stats_file_ops);
-	if (!debugfs_create_bool("enable", 0600, ibd->fault->dir,
-				 &ibd->fault->enable))
-		goto fail;
-	if (!debugfs_create_bool("suppress_err", 0600,
-				 ibd->fault->dir,
-				 &ibd->fault->suppress_err))
-		goto fail;
-	if (!debugfs_create_bool("opcode_mode", 0600, ibd->fault->dir,
-				 &ibd->fault->opcode))
-		goto fail;
-	if (!debugfs_create_file("opcodes", 0600, ibd->fault->dir,
-				 ibd->fault, &__fault_opcodes_fops))
-		goto fail;
-	if (!debugfs_create_u64("skip_pkts", 0600,
-				ibd->fault->dir,
-				&ibd->fault->fault_skip))
-		goto fail;
-	if (!debugfs_create_u64("skip_usec", 0600,
-				ibd->fault->dir,
-				&ibd->fault->fault_skip_usec))
-		goto fail;
-	if (!debugfs_create_u8("direction", 0600, ibd->fault->dir,
-			       &ibd->fault->direction))
-		goto fail;
+	debugfs_create_bool("enable", 0600, fault_dir, &ibd->fault->enable);
+	debugfs_create_bool("suppress_err", 0600, fault_dir,
+			    &ibd->fault->suppress_err);
+	debugfs_create_bool("opcode_mode", 0600, fault_dir,
+			    &ibd->fault->opcode);
+	debugfs_create_file("opcodes", 0600, fault_dir, ibd->fault,
+			    &__fault_opcodes_fops);
+	debugfs_create_u64("skip_pkts", 0600, fault_dir,
+			   &ibd->fault->fault_skip);
+	debugfs_create_u64("skip_usec", 0600, fault_dir,
+			   &ibd->fault->fault_skip_usec);
+	debugfs_create_u8("direction", 0600, fault_dir, &ibd->fault->direction);
 
 	return 0;
-fail:
-	hfi1_fault_exit_debugfs(ibd);
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 bool hfi1_dbg_fault_suppress_err(struct hfi1_ibdev *ibd)