diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
index f31af8f0c0d6..b17e4e94a060 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
@@ -309,8 +309,10 @@ static int nsim_dev_debugfs_init(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev)
 	if (IS_ERR(nsim_dev->ddir))
 		return PTR_ERR(nsim_dev->ddir);
 	nsim_dev->ports_ddir = debugfs_create_dir("ports", nsim_dev->ddir);
-	if (IS_ERR(nsim_dev->ports_ddir))
-		return PTR_ERR(nsim_dev->ports_ddir);
+	if (IS_ERR(nsim_dev->ports_ddir)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(nsim_dev->ports_ddir);
+		goto err_ddir;
+	}
 	debugfs_create_bool("fw_update_status", 0600, nsim_dev->ddir,
 			    &nsim_dev->fw_update_status);
 	debugfs_create_u32("fw_update_overwrite_mask", 0600, nsim_dev->ddir,
@@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ static int nsim_dev_debugfs_init(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev)
 	nsim_dev->nodes_ddir = debugfs_create_dir("rate_nodes", nsim_dev->ddir);
 	if (IS_ERR(nsim_dev->nodes_ddir)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(nsim_dev->nodes_ddir);
-		goto err_out;
+		goto err_ports_ddir;
 	}
 	debugfs_create_bool("fail_trap_drop_counter_get", 0600,
 			    nsim_dev->ddir,
@@ -354,8 +356,9 @@ static int nsim_dev_debugfs_init(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev)
 	nsim_udp_tunnels_debugfs_create(nsim_dev);
 	return 0;
 
-err_out:
+err_ports_ddir:
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(nsim_dev->ports_ddir);
+err_ddir:
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(nsim_dev->ddir);
 	return err;
 }