diff --git a/lib/error-inject.c b/lib/error-inject.c
index 32c14770508e..887acd9a6ea6 100644
--- a/lib/error-inject.c
+++ b/lib/error-inject.c
@@ -217,8 +217,6 @@ static int __init ei_debugfs_init(void)
 	struct dentry *dir, *file;
 
 	dir = debugfs_create_dir("error_injection", NULL);
-	if (!dir)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	file = debugfs_create_file("list", 0444, dir, NULL, &ei_fops);
 	if (!file) {