diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 6cc7ecb0c788..5fac4355b9c2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -382,33 +382,21 @@ static struct dentry *dfs_dir_mtd;
 static void mtd_debugfs_populate(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &mtd->dev;
-	struct dentry *root, *dent;
+	struct dentry *root;
 
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dfs_dir_mtd))
 		return;
 
 	root = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(dev), dfs_dir_mtd);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root)) {
-		dev_dbg(dev, "won't show data in debugfs\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
 	mtd->dbg.dfs_dir = root;
 
-	if (mtd->dbg.partid) {
-		dent = debugfs_create_file("partid", 0400, root, mtd,
-					   &mtd_partid_debug_fops);
-		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-			dev_err(dev, "can't create debugfs entry for partid\n");
-	}
+	if (mtd->dbg.partid)
+		debugfs_create_file("partid", 0400, root, mtd,
+				    &mtd_partid_debug_fops);
 
-	if (mtd->dbg.partname) {
-		dent = debugfs_create_file("partname", 0400, root, mtd,
-					   &mtd_partname_debug_fops);
-		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-			dev_err(dev,
-				"can't create debugfs entry for partname\n");
-	}
+	if (mtd->dbg.partname)
+		debugfs_create_file("partname", 0400, root, mtd,
+				    &mtd_partname_debug_fops);
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdswap.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdswap.c
index f92414eb4c86..58eefa43af14 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdswap.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdswap.c
@@ -1257,7 +1257,6 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(mtdswap);
 static int mtdswap_add_debugfs(struct mtdswap_dev *d)
 {
 	struct dentry *root = d->mtd->dbg.dfs_dir;
-	struct dentry *dent;
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS))
 		return 0;
@@ -1265,12 +1264,7 @@ static int mtdswap_add_debugfs(struct mtdswap_dev *d)
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root))
 		return -1;
 
-	dent = debugfs_create_file("mtdswap_stats", S_IRUSR, root, d,
-				&mtdswap_fops);
-	if (!dent) {
-		dev_err(d->dev, "debugfs_create_file failed\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
+	debugfs_create_file("mtdswap_stats", S_IRUSR, root, d, &mtdswap_fops);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c
index a1dff92ceedf..0f847d510950 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c
@@ -509,11 +509,9 @@ static const struct file_operations eraseblk_count_fops = {
  */
 int ubi_debugfs_init_dev(struct ubi_device *ubi)
 {
-	int err, n;
 	unsigned long ubi_num = ubi->ubi_num;
-	const char *fname;
-	struct dentry *dent;
 	struct ubi_debug_info *d = &ubi->dbg;
+	int n;
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS))
 		return 0;
@@ -522,95 +520,52 @@ int ubi_debugfs_init_dev(struct ubi_device *ubi)
 		     ubi->ubi_num);
 	if (n == UBI_DFS_DIR_LEN) {
 		/* The array size is too small */
-		fname = UBI_DFS_DIR_NAME;
-		dent = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-		goto out;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	fname = d->dfs_dir_name;
-	dent = debugfs_create_dir(fname, dfs_rootdir);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-		goto out;
-	d->dfs_dir = dent;
+	d->dfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir(d->dfs_dir_name, dfs_rootdir);
 
-	fname = "chk_gen";
-	dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
-				   &dfs_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-		goto out_remove;
-	d->dfs_chk_gen = dent;
+	d->dfs_chk_gen = debugfs_create_file("chk_gen", S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir,
+					     (void *)ubi_num, &dfs_fops);
 
-	fname = "chk_io";
-	dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
-				   &dfs_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-		goto out_remove;
-	d->dfs_chk_io = dent;
+	d->dfs_chk_io = debugfs_create_file("chk_io", S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir,
+					    (void *)ubi_num, &dfs_fops);
 
-	fname = "chk_fastmap";
-	dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
-				   &dfs_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-		goto out_remove;
-	d->dfs_chk_fastmap = dent;
+	d->dfs_chk_fastmap = debugfs_create_file("chk_fastmap", S_IWUSR,
+						 d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
+						 &dfs_fops);
 
-	fname = "tst_disable_bgt";
-	dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
-				   &dfs_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-		goto out_remove;
-	d->dfs_disable_bgt = dent;
+	d->dfs_disable_bgt = debugfs_create_file("tst_disable_bgt", S_IWUSR,
+						 d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
+						 &dfs_fops);
 
-	fname = "tst_emulate_bitflips";
-	dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
-				   &dfs_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-		goto out_remove;
-	d->dfs_emulate_bitflips = dent;
+	d->dfs_emulate_bitflips = debugfs_create_file("tst_emulate_bitflips",
+						      S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir,
+						      (void *)ubi_num,
+						      &dfs_fops);
 
-	fname = "tst_emulate_io_failures";
-	dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
-				   &dfs_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-		goto out_remove;
-	d->dfs_emulate_io_failures = dent;
+	d->dfs_emulate_io_failures = debugfs_create_file("tst_emulate_io_failures",
+							 S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir,
+							 (void *)ubi_num,
+							 &dfs_fops);
 
-	fname = "tst_emulate_power_cut";
-	dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
-				   &dfs_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-		goto out_remove;
-	d->dfs_emulate_power_cut = dent;
+	d->dfs_emulate_power_cut = debugfs_create_file("tst_emulate_power_cut",
+						       S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir,
+						       (void *)ubi_num,
+						       &dfs_fops);
 
-	fname = "tst_emulate_power_cut_min";
-	dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
-				   &dfs_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-		goto out_remove;
-	d->dfs_power_cut_min = dent;
+	d->dfs_power_cut_min = debugfs_create_file("tst_emulate_power_cut_min",
+						   S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir,
+						   (void *)ubi_num, &dfs_fops);
 
-	fname = "tst_emulate_power_cut_max";
-	dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
-				   &dfs_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-		goto out_remove;
-	d->dfs_power_cut_max = dent;
+	d->dfs_power_cut_max = debugfs_create_file("tst_emulate_power_cut_max",
+						   S_IWUSR, d->dfs_dir,
+						   (void *)ubi_num, &dfs_fops);
 
-	fname = "detailed_erase_block_info";
-	dent = debugfs_create_file(fname, S_IRUSR, d->dfs_dir, (void *)ubi_num,
-				   &eraseblk_count_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent))
-		goto out_remove;
+	debugfs_create_file("detailed_erase_block_info", S_IRUSR, d->dfs_dir,
+			    (void *)ubi_num, &eraseblk_count_fops);
 
 	return 0;
-
-out_remove:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(d->dfs_dir);
-out:
-	err = dent ? PTR_ERR(dent) : -ENODEV;
-	ubi_err(ubi, "cannot create \"%s\" debugfs file or directory, error %d\n",
-		fname, err);
-	return err;
 }
 
 /**