diff --git a/fs/f2fs/debug.c b/fs/f2fs/debug.c
index 73f034a94182..c8c37307b326 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/debug.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static const struct file_operations stat_fops = {
 	.release = single_release,
 };
 
-static int init_stats(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
+int f2fs_build_stats(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
 	struct f2fs_super_block *raw_super = F2FS_RAW_SUPER(sbi);
 	struct f2fs_stat_info *si;
@@ -327,21 +327,6 @@ static int init_stats(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int f2fs_build_stats(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
-{
-	int retval;
-
-	retval = init_stats(sbi);
-	if (retval)
-		return retval;
-
-	if (!debugfs_root)
-		debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("f2fs", NULL);
-
-	debugfs_create_file("status", S_IRUGO, debugfs_root, NULL, &stat_fops);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 void f2fs_destroy_stats(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
 	struct f2fs_stat_info *si = sbi->stat_info;
@@ -353,7 +338,15 @@ void f2fs_destroy_stats(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	kfree(sbi->stat_info);
 }
 
-void destroy_root_stats(void)
+void __init f2fs_create_root_stats(void)
+{
+	debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("f2fs", NULL);
+	if (debugfs_root)
+		debugfs_create_file("status", S_IRUGO, debugfs_root,
+					 NULL, &stat_fops);
+}
+
+void f2fs_destroy_root_stats(void)
 {
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_root);
 	debugfs_root = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 285e43d602f3..976325d51e3d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -1060,7 +1060,8 @@ struct f2fs_stat_info {
 
 int f2fs_build_stats(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
 void f2fs_destroy_stats(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
-void destroy_root_stats(void);
+void f2fs_create_root_stats(void);
+void f2fs_destroy_root_stats(void);
 #else
 #define stat_inc_call_count(si)
 #define stat_inc_seg_count(si, type)
@@ -1070,7 +1071,8 @@ void destroy_root_stats(void);
 
 static inline int f2fs_build_stats(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) { return 0; }
 static inline void f2fs_destroy_stats(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) { }
-static inline void destroy_root_stats(void) { }
+static inline void f2fs_create_root_stats(void) { }
+static inline void f2fs_destroy_root_stats(void) { }
 #endif
 
 extern const struct file_operations f2fs_dir_operations;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index ac127fde8e11..d551a724b736 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -675,14 +675,17 @@ static int __init init_f2fs_fs(void)
 	err = create_checkpoint_caches();
 	if (err)
 		goto fail;
-	return register_filesystem(&f2fs_fs_type);
+	err = register_filesystem(&f2fs_fs_type);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+	f2fs_create_root_stats();
 fail:
 	return err;
 }
 
 static void __exit exit_f2fs_fs(void)
 {
-	destroy_root_stats();
+	f2fs_destroy_root_stats();
 	unregister_filesystem(&f2fs_fs_type);
 	destroy_checkpoint_caches();
 	destroy_gc_caches();