diff --git a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
index 9d3dbb28734b..45007be7cfb7 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ static int kim_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pr_info("sysfs entries created\n");
 
 	kim_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("ti-st", NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(kim_debugfs_dir)) {
+	if (!kim_debugfs_dir) {
 		pr_err(" debugfs entries creation failed ");
 		err = -EIO;
 		goto err_debugfs_dir;
@@ -788,7 +788,6 @@ static int kim_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				kim_gdata, &version_debugfs_fops);
 	debugfs_create_file("protocols", S_IRUGO, kim_debugfs_dir,
 				kim_gdata, &list_debugfs_fops);
-	pr_info(" debugfs entries created ");
 	return 0;
 
 err_debugfs_dir: