diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 25b91afc29e0e1defeec0800293c232120c27357..7c3da7bca05ba62764fe9727873ee0c146b6cf34 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5973,8 +5973,10 @@ static int new_instance_create(const char *name)
 		goto out_free_tr;
 
 	ret = event_trace_add_tracer(tr->dir, tr);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		debugfs_remove_recursive(tr->dir);
 		goto out_free_tr;
+	}
 
 	init_tracer_debugfs(tr, tr->dir);