diff --git a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_debugfs.c b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_debugfs.c
index 0196b992280f..848ec93d4333 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_debugfs.c
@@ -55,31 +55,14 @@ void nitrox_debugfs_exit(struct nitrox_device *ndev)
 	ndev->debugfs_dir = NULL;
 }
 
-int nitrox_debugfs_init(struct nitrox_device *ndev)
+void nitrox_debugfs_init(struct nitrox_device *ndev)
 {
-	struct dentry *dir, *f;
+	struct dentry *dir;
 
 	dir = debugfs_create_dir(KBUILD_MODNAME, NULL);
-	if (!dir)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ndev->debugfs_dir = dir;
-	f = debugfs_create_file("firmware", 0400, dir, ndev,
-				&firmware_fops);
-	if (!f)
-		goto err;
-	f = debugfs_create_file("device", 0400, dir, ndev,
-				&device_fops);
-	if (!f)
-		goto err;
-	f = debugfs_create_file("stats", 0400, dir, ndev,
-				&stats_fops);
-	if (!f)
-		goto err;
-
-	return 0;
-
-err:
-	nitrox_debugfs_exit(ndev);
-	return -ENODEV;
+	debugfs_create_file("firmware", 0400, dir, ndev, &firmware_fops);
+	debugfs_create_file("device", 0400, dir, ndev, &device_fops);
+	debugfs_create_file("stats", 0400, dir, ndev, &stats_fops);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_debugfs.h b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_debugfs.h
index a8d85ffa619c..f177b79bbab0 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_debugfs.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_debugfs.h
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@
 #include "nitrox_dev.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-int nitrox_debugfs_init(struct nitrox_device *ndev);
+void nitrox_debugfs_init(struct nitrox_device *ndev);
 void nitrox_debugfs_exit(struct nitrox_device *ndev);
 #else
-static inline int nitrox_debugfs_init(struct nitrox_device *ndev)
+static inline void nitrox_debugfs_init(struct nitrox_device *ndev)
 {
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline void nitrox_debugfs_exit(struct nitrox_device *ndev)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c
index 014e9863c20e..faa78f651238 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c
@@ -404,9 +404,7 @@ static int nitrox_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	if (err)
 		goto pf_hw_fail;
 
-	err = nitrox_debugfs_init(ndev);
-	if (err)
-		goto pf_hw_fail;
+	nitrox_debugfs_init(ndev);
 
 	/* clear the statistics */
 	atomic64_set(&ndev->stats.posted, 0);