diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
index b34c3d38bf15..5e9e0c2a9e5c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
@@ -464,10 +464,7 @@ int drm_connector_register(struct drm_connector *connector)
 	if (ret)
 		goto unlock;
 
-	ret = drm_debugfs_connector_add(connector);
-	if (ret) {
-		goto err_sysfs;
-	}
+	drm_debugfs_connector_add(connector);
 
 	if (connector->funcs->late_register) {
 		ret = connector->funcs->late_register(connector);
@@ -482,7 +479,6 @@ int drm_connector_register(struct drm_connector *connector)
 
 err_debugfs:
 	drm_debugfs_connector_remove(connector);
-err_sysfs:
 	drm_sysfs_connector_remove(connector);
 unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&connector->mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
index 790ba5941954..4936e1080e41 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ int drm_crtc_register_all(struct drm_device *dev)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	drm_for_each_crtc(crtc, dev) {
-		if (drm_debugfs_crtc_add(crtc))
-			DRM_ERROR("Failed to initialize debugfs entry for CRTC '%s'.\n",
-				  crtc->name);
+		drm_debugfs_crtc_add(crtc);
 
 		if (crtc->funcs->late_register)
 			ret = crtc->funcs->late_register(crtc);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c
index f8468eae0503..6f2802e9bfb5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs.c
@@ -226,10 +226,6 @@ int drm_debugfs_init(struct drm_minor *minor, int minor_id,
 	mutex_init(&minor->debugfs_lock);
 	sprintf(name, "%d", minor_id);
 	minor->debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir(name, root);
-	if (!minor->debugfs_root) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Cannot create /sys/kernel/debug/dri/%s\n", name);
-		return -1;
-	}
 
 	ret = drm_debugfs_create_files(drm_debugfs_list, DRM_DEBUGFS_ENTRIES,
 				       minor->debugfs_root, minor);
@@ -310,17 +306,15 @@ static void drm_debugfs_remove_all_files(struct drm_minor *minor)
 	mutex_unlock(&minor->debugfs_lock);
 }
 
-int drm_debugfs_cleanup(struct drm_minor *minor)
+void drm_debugfs_cleanup(struct drm_minor *minor)
 {
 	if (!minor->debugfs_root)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 
 	drm_debugfs_remove_all_files(minor);
 
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(minor->debugfs_root);
 	minor->debugfs_root = NULL;
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int connector_show(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
@@ -438,38 +432,24 @@ static const struct file_operations drm_connector_fops = {
 	.write = connector_write
 };
 
-int drm_debugfs_connector_add(struct drm_connector *connector)
+void drm_debugfs_connector_add(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
 	struct drm_minor *minor = connector->dev->primary;
-	struct dentry *root, *ent;
+	struct dentry *root;
 
 	if (!minor->debugfs_root)
-		return -1;
+		return;
 
 	root = debugfs_create_dir(connector->name, minor->debugfs_root);
-	if (!root)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	connector->debugfs_entry = root;
 
 	/* force */
-	ent = debugfs_create_file("force", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root, connector,
-				  &drm_connector_fops);
-	if (!ent)
-		goto error;
+	debugfs_create_file("force", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root, connector,
+			    &drm_connector_fops);
 
 	/* edid */
-	ent = debugfs_create_file("edid_override", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root,
-				  connector, &drm_edid_fops);
-	if (!ent)
-		goto error;
-
-	return 0;
-
-error:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(connector->debugfs_entry);
-	connector->debugfs_entry = NULL;
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	debugfs_create_file("edid_override", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root, connector,
+			    &drm_edid_fops);
 }
 
 void drm_debugfs_connector_remove(struct drm_connector *connector)
@@ -482,7 +462,7 @@ void drm_debugfs_connector_remove(struct drm_connector *connector)
 	connector->debugfs_entry = NULL;
 }
 
-int drm_debugfs_crtc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
+void drm_debugfs_crtc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	struct drm_minor *minor = crtc->dev->primary;
 	struct dentry *root;
@@ -490,23 +470,14 @@ int drm_debugfs_crtc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 
 	name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "crtc-%d", crtc->index);
 	if (!name)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return;
 
 	root = debugfs_create_dir(name, minor->debugfs_root);
 	kfree(name);
-	if (!root)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	crtc->debugfs_entry = root;
 
-	if (drm_debugfs_crtc_crc_add(crtc))
-		goto error;
-
-	return 0;
-
-error:
-	drm_debugfs_crtc_remove(crtc);
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	drm_debugfs_crtc_crc_add(crtc);
 }
 
 void drm_debugfs_crtc_remove(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs_crc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs_crc.c
index 00e743153e94..f9e317046551 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs_crc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs_crc.c
@@ -344,33 +344,19 @@ static const struct file_operations drm_crtc_crc_data_fops = {
 	.release = crtc_crc_release,
 };
 
-int drm_debugfs_crtc_crc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
+void drm_debugfs_crtc_crc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
-	struct dentry *crc_ent, *ent;
+	struct dentry *crc_ent;
 
 	if (!crtc->funcs->set_crc_source || !crtc->funcs->verify_crc_source)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 
 	crc_ent = debugfs_create_dir("crc", crtc->debugfs_entry);
-	if (!crc_ent)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ent = debugfs_create_file("control", S_IRUGO, crc_ent, crtc,
-				  &drm_crtc_crc_control_fops);
-	if (!ent)
-		goto error;
-
-	ent = debugfs_create_file("data", S_IRUGO, crc_ent, crtc,
-				  &drm_crtc_crc_data_fops);
-	if (!ent)
-		goto error;
-
-	return 0;
-
-error:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(crc_ent);
 
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	debugfs_create_file("control", S_IRUGO, crc_ent, crtc,
+			    &drm_crtc_crc_control_fops);
+	debugfs_create_file("data", S_IRUGO, crc_ent, crtc,
+			    &drm_crtc_crc_data_fops);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
index 862621494a93..da9a83da37eb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
@@ -1161,11 +1161,6 @@ static int __init drm_core_init(void)
 	}
 
 	drm_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("dri", NULL);
-	if (!drm_debugfs_root) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		DRM_ERROR("Cannot create debugfs-root: %d\n", ret);
-		goto error;
-	}
 
 	ret = register_chrdev(DRM_MAJOR, "drm", &drm_stub_fops);
 	if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_internal.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_internal.h
index e19ac7ca602d..938a6f06d7c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_internal.h
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ void drm_gem_print_info(struct drm_printer *p, unsigned int indent,
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
 int drm_debugfs_init(struct drm_minor *minor, int minor_id,
 		     struct dentry *root);
-int drm_debugfs_cleanup(struct drm_minor *minor);
-int drm_debugfs_connector_add(struct drm_connector *connector);
+void drm_debugfs_cleanup(struct drm_minor *minor);
+void drm_debugfs_connector_add(struct drm_connector *connector);
 void drm_debugfs_connector_remove(struct drm_connector *connector);
-int drm_debugfs_crtc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
+void drm_debugfs_crtc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 void drm_debugfs_crtc_remove(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
-int drm_debugfs_crtc_crc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
+void drm_debugfs_crtc_crc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 #else
 static inline int drm_debugfs_init(struct drm_minor *minor, int minor_id,
 				   struct dentry *root)
@@ -139,30 +139,26 @@ static inline int drm_debugfs_init(struct drm_minor *minor, int minor_id,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int drm_debugfs_cleanup(struct drm_minor *minor)
+static inline void drm_debugfs_cleanup(struct drm_minor *minor)
 {
-	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int drm_debugfs_connector_add(struct drm_connector *connector)
+static inline void drm_debugfs_connector_add(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
-	return 0;
 }
 static inline void drm_debugfs_connector_remove(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
 }
 
-static inline int drm_debugfs_crtc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
+static inline void drm_debugfs_crtc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
-	return 0;
 }
 static inline void drm_debugfs_crtc_remove(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 }
 
-static inline int drm_debugfs_crtc_crc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
+static inline void drm_debugfs_crtc_crc_add(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
-	return 0;
 }
 
 #endif
