diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 18564b08884c..c69e00d69ff1 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -103,14 +103,6 @@ static int debugfs_mkdir(struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int debugfs_link(struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-			void *data)
-{
-	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
-	mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFLNK;
-	return debugfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0, data, NULL);
-}
-
 static int debugfs_create(struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 			  void *data, const struct file_operations *fops)
 {
@@ -466,7 +458,8 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_symlink(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	error = debugfs_link(dentry, S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO, link);
+	error = debugfs_mknod(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry,
+			      S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO, 0, link, NULL);
 	if (error)
 		kfree(link);