diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index 7baaf04f092d8663dfe9154d572b7880452b5fa1..f1ae75d35d5d4680085c2a9d8148fc2a04233a6b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -3541,8 +3541,6 @@ ath5k_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	sc->hw = hw;
 	sc->pdev = pdev;
 
-	ath5k_debug_init_device(sc);
-
 	/*
 	 * Mark the device as detached to avoid processing
 	 * interrupts until setup is complete.
@@ -3650,6 +3648,7 @@ ath5k_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		}
 	}
 
+	ath5k_debug_init_device(sc);
 
 	/* ready to process interrupts */
 	__clear_bit(ATH_STAT_INVALID, sc->status);
@@ -3736,8 +3735,6 @@ init_ath5k_pci(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ath5k_debug_init();
-
 	ret = pci_register_driver(&ath5k_pci_driver);
 	if (ret) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ath5k_pci: can't register pci driver\n");
@@ -3751,8 +3748,6 @@ static void __exit
 exit_ath5k_pci(void)
 {
 	pci_unregister_driver(&ath5k_pci_driver);
-
-	ath5k_debug_finish();
 }
 
 module_init(init_ath5k_pci);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c
index 7c77e5b7c9af94a9ed133f5033e48f96d330d425..42ea5b1bdb122303753af6c16b830707772bbf67 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ module_param_named(debug, ath5k_debug, uint, 0);
 #include "reg.h"
 #include "ani.h"
 
-static struct dentry *ath5k_global_debugfs;
-
 static int ath5k_debugfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	file->private_data = inode->i_private;
@@ -882,21 +880,13 @@ static const struct file_operations fops_queue = {
 };
 
 
-/* init */
-
-void
-ath5k_debug_init(void)
-{
-	ath5k_global_debugfs = debugfs_create_dir("ath5k", NULL);
-}
-
 void
 ath5k_debug_init_device(struct ath5k_softc *sc)
 {
 	sc->debug.level = ath5k_debug;
 
-	sc->debug.debugfs_phydir = debugfs_create_dir(wiphy_name(sc->hw->wiphy),
-				ath5k_global_debugfs);
+	sc->debug.debugfs_phydir = debugfs_create_dir("ath5k",
+				sc->hw->wiphy->debugfsdir);
 
 	sc->debug.debugfs_debug = debugfs_create_file("debug",
 				S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR,
@@ -936,12 +926,6 @@ ath5k_debug_init_device(struct ath5k_softc *sc)
 				&fops_queue);
 }
 
-void
-ath5k_debug_finish(void)
-{
-	debugfs_remove(ath5k_global_debugfs);
-}
-
 void
 ath5k_debug_finish_device(struct ath5k_softc *sc)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.h
index 4f078b134015c2a91680e60f973f18d3065c0c7b..236edbd2507ddaa4a7a26eecadc79aadfe4f9219 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.h
@@ -137,15 +137,9 @@ enum ath5k_debug_level {
 			__func__, __LINE__, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
 	} while (0)
 
-void
-ath5k_debug_init(void);
-
 void
 ath5k_debug_init_device(struct ath5k_softc *sc);
 
-void
-ath5k_debug_finish(void);
-
 void
 ath5k_debug_finish_device(struct ath5k_softc *sc);
 
@@ -173,15 +167,9 @@ static inline void __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)))
 ATH5K_DBG_UNLIMIT(struct ath5k_softc *sc, unsigned int m, const char *fmt, ...)
 {}
 
-static inline void
-ath5k_debug_init(void) {}
-
 static inline void
 ath5k_debug_init_device(struct ath5k_softc *sc) {}
 
-static inline void
-ath5k_debug_finish(void) {}
-
 static inline void
 ath5k_debug_finish_device(struct ath5k_softc *sc) {}