diff --git a/fs/nfsd/fault_inject.c b/fs/nfsd/fault_inject.c
index 84831253203d..76bee0a0d308 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/fault_inject.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/fault_inject.c
@@ -127,24 +127,16 @@ static struct nfsd_fault_inject_op inject_ops[] = {
 	},
 };
 
-int nfsd_fault_inject_init(void)
+void nfsd_fault_inject_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 	struct nfsd_fault_inject_op *op;
 	umode_t mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
 
 	debug_dir = debugfs_create_dir("nfsd", NULL);
-	if (!debug_dir)
-		goto fail;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(inject_ops); i++) {
 		op = &inject_ops[i];
-		if (!debugfs_create_file(op->file, mode, debug_dir, op, &fops_nfsd))
-			goto fail;
+		debugfs_create_file(op->file, mode, debug_dir, op, &fops_nfsd);
 	}
-	return 0;
-
-fail:
-	nfsd_fault_inject_cleanup();
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 62c58cfeb8d8..6a9de59d9633 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -1291,9 +1291,7 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
 	retval = nfsd4_init_pnfs();
 	if (retval)
 		goto out_free_slabs;
-	retval = nfsd_fault_inject_init(); /* nfsd fault injection controls */
-	if (retval)
-		goto out_exit_pnfs;
+	nfsd_fault_inject_init(); /* nfsd fault injection controls */
 	nfsd_stat_init();	/* Statistics */
 	retval = nfsd_reply_cache_init();
 	if (retval)
@@ -1315,7 +1313,6 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
 out_free_stat:
 	nfsd_stat_shutdown();
 	nfsd_fault_inject_cleanup();
-out_exit_pnfs:
 	nfsd4_exit_pnfs();
 out_free_slabs:
 	nfsd4_free_slabs();
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/state.h b/fs/nfsd/state.h
index 0b74d371ed67..87f310c78e06 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/state.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/state.h
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ extern void nfsd4_record_grace_done(struct nfsd_net *nn);
 
 /* nfs fault injection functions */
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_FAULT_INJECTION
-int nfsd_fault_inject_init(void);
+void nfsd_fault_inject_init(void);
 void nfsd_fault_inject_cleanup(void);
 
 u64 nfsd_inject_print_clients(void);
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ u64 nfsd_inject_forget_delegations(u64);
 u64 nfsd_inject_recall_client_delegations(struct sockaddr_storage *, size_t);
 u64 nfsd_inject_recall_delegations(u64);
 #else /* CONFIG_NFSD_FAULT_INJECTION */
-static inline int nfsd_fault_inject_init(void) { return 0; }
+static inline void nfsd_fault_inject_init(void) {}
 static inline void nfsd_fault_inject_cleanup(void) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFSD_FAULT_INJECTION */