diff --git a/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma.h b/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma.h
index 5f9966e82c0b..36357d02333a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma.h
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ struct hidma_chan {
 	 * It is used by the DMA complete notification to
 	 * locate the descriptor that initiated the transfer.
 	 */
-	struct dentry			*debugfs;
-	struct dentry			*stats;
 	struct hidma_dev		*dmadev;
 	struct hidma_desc		*running;
 
@@ -134,7 +132,6 @@ struct hidma_dev {
 	struct dma_device		ddev;
 
 	struct dentry			*debugfs;
-	struct dentry			*stats;
 
 	/* sysfs entry for the channel id */
 	struct device_attribute		*chid_attrs;
@@ -166,6 +163,6 @@ irqreturn_t hidma_ll_inthandler(int irq, void *arg);
 irqreturn_t hidma_ll_inthandler_msi(int irq, void *arg, int cause);
 void hidma_cleanup_pending_tre(struct hidma_lldev *llhndl, u8 err_info,
 				u8 err_code);
-int hidma_debug_init(struct hidma_dev *dmadev);
+void hidma_debug_init(struct hidma_dev *dmadev);
 void hidma_debug_uninit(struct hidma_dev *dmadev);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_dbg.c b/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_dbg.c
index 9523faf7acdc..994f448b64d8 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_dbg.c
@@ -146,17 +146,13 @@ void hidma_debug_uninit(struct hidma_dev *dmadev)
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(dmadev->debugfs);
 }
 
-int hidma_debug_init(struct hidma_dev *dmadev)
+void hidma_debug_init(struct hidma_dev *dmadev)
 {
-	int rc = 0;
 	int chidx = 0;
 	struct list_head *position = NULL;
+	struct dentry *dir;
 
 	dmadev->debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(dmadev->ddev.dev), NULL);
-	if (!dmadev->debugfs) {
-		rc = -ENODEV;
-		return rc;
-	}
 
 	/* walk through the virtual channel list */
 	list_for_each(position, &dmadev->ddev.channels) {
@@ -165,32 +161,13 @@ int hidma_debug_init(struct hidma_dev *dmadev)
 		chan = list_entry(position, struct hidma_chan,
 				  chan.device_node);
 		sprintf(chan->dbg_name, "chan%d", chidx);
-		chan->debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(chan->dbg_name,
+		dir = debugfs_create_dir(chan->dbg_name,
 						   dmadev->debugfs);
-		if (!chan->debugfs) {
-			rc = -ENOMEM;
-			goto cleanup;
-		}
-		chan->stats = debugfs_create_file("stats", S_IRUGO,
-						  chan->debugfs, chan,
-						  &hidma_chan_fops);
-		if (!chan->stats) {
-			rc = -ENOMEM;
-			goto cleanup;
-		}
+		debugfs_create_file("stats", S_IRUGO, dir, chan,
+				    &hidma_chan_fops);
 		chidx++;
 	}
 
-	dmadev->stats = debugfs_create_file("stats", S_IRUGO,
-					    dmadev->debugfs, dmadev,
-					    &hidma_dma_fops);
-	if (!dmadev->stats) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto cleanup;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-cleanup:
-	hidma_debug_uninit(dmadev);
-	return rc;
+	debugfs_create_file("stats", S_IRUGO, dmadev->debugfs, dmadev,
+			    &hidma_dma_fops);
 }