diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 831539419c30..059db0610445 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -5710,11 +5710,10 @@ static int mlx5_ib_rn_get_params(struct ib_device *device, u8 port_num,
 
 static void delay_drop_debugfs_cleanup(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 {
-	if (!dev->delay_drop.dbg)
+	if (!dev->delay_drop.dir_debugfs)
 		return;
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(dev->delay_drop.dbg->dir_debugfs);
-	kfree(dev->delay_drop.dbg);
-	dev->delay_drop.dbg = NULL;
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(dev->delay_drop.dir_debugfs);
+	dev->delay_drop.dir_debugfs = NULL;
 }
 
 static void cancel_delay_drop(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
@@ -5765,52 +5764,22 @@ static const struct file_operations fops_delay_drop_timeout = {
 	.read	= delay_drop_timeout_read,
 };
 
-static int delay_drop_debugfs_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
+static void delay_drop_debugfs_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 {
-	struct mlx5_ib_dbg_delay_drop *dbg;
+	struct dentry *root;
 
 	if (!mlx5_debugfs_root)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 
-	dbg = kzalloc(sizeof(*dbg), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!dbg)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	root = debugfs_create_dir("delay_drop", dev->mdev->priv.dbg_root);
+	dev->delay_drop.dir_debugfs = root;
 
-	dev->delay_drop.dbg = dbg;
-
-	dbg->dir_debugfs =
-		debugfs_create_dir("delay_drop",
-				   dev->mdev->priv.dbg_root);
-	if (!dbg->dir_debugfs)
-		goto out_debugfs;
-
-	dbg->events_cnt_debugfs =
-		debugfs_create_atomic_t("num_timeout_events", 0400,
-					dbg->dir_debugfs,
-					&dev->delay_drop.events_cnt);
-	if (!dbg->events_cnt_debugfs)
-		goto out_debugfs;
-
-	dbg->rqs_cnt_debugfs =
-		debugfs_create_atomic_t("num_rqs", 0400,
-					dbg->dir_debugfs,
-					&dev->delay_drop.rqs_cnt);
-	if (!dbg->rqs_cnt_debugfs)
-		goto out_debugfs;
-
-	dbg->timeout_debugfs =
-		debugfs_create_file("timeout", 0600,
-				    dbg->dir_debugfs,
-				    &dev->delay_drop,
-				    &fops_delay_drop_timeout);
-	if (!dbg->timeout_debugfs)
-		goto out_debugfs;
-
-	return 0;
-
-out_debugfs:
-	delay_drop_debugfs_cleanup(dev);
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	debugfs_create_atomic_t("num_timeout_events", 0400, root,
+				&dev->delay_drop.events_cnt);
+	debugfs_create_atomic_t("num_rqs", 0400, root,
+				&dev->delay_drop.rqs_cnt);
+	debugfs_create_file("timeout", 0600, root, &dev->delay_drop,
+			    &fops_delay_drop_timeout);
 }
 
 static void init_delay_drop(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
@@ -5826,8 +5795,7 @@ static void init_delay_drop(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 	atomic_set(&dev->delay_drop.rqs_cnt, 0);
 	atomic_set(&dev->delay_drop.events_cnt, 0);
 
-	if (delay_drop_debugfs_init(dev))
-		mlx5_ib_warn(dev, "Failed to init delay drop debugfs\n");
+	delay_drop_debugfs_init(dev);
 }
 
 static void mlx5_ib_unbind_slave_port(struct mlx5_ib_dev *ibdev,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
index 1a98ee2e01c4..55ce599db803 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
@@ -792,13 +792,6 @@ enum {
 	MLX5_MAX_DELAY_DROP_TIMEOUT_MS = 100,
 };
 
-struct mlx5_ib_dbg_delay_drop {
-	struct dentry		*dir_debugfs;
-	struct dentry		*rqs_cnt_debugfs;
-	struct dentry		*events_cnt_debugfs;
-	struct dentry		*timeout_debugfs;
-};
-
 struct mlx5_ib_delay_drop {
 	struct mlx5_ib_dev     *dev;
 	struct work_struct	delay_drop_work;
@@ -808,7 +801,7 @@ struct mlx5_ib_delay_drop {
 	bool			activate;
 	atomic_t		events_cnt;
 	atomic_t		rqs_cnt;
-	struct mlx5_ib_dbg_delay_drop *dbg;
+	struct dentry		*dir_debugfs;
 };
 
 enum mlx5_ib_stages {