diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-buf.c b/drivers/base/dma-buf.c
index 08fe897c0b4c..6687ba741879 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dma-buf.c
@@ -680,10 +680,7 @@ int dma_buf_debugfs_create_file(const char *name,
 	d = debugfs_create_file(name, S_IRUGO, dma_buf_debugfs_dir,
 			write, &dma_buf_debug_fops);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(d))
-		return PTR_ERR(d);
-
-	return 0;
+	return PTR_RET(d);
 }
 #else
 static inline int dma_buf_init_debugfs(void)