diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index 569bdb3ef1046155b021648390087a9010591d3b..d9d35fcbfc6b33885ab31124718be422702916d1 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -510,10 +510,12 @@ static struct dentry *debugfs_root;
 
 static void pinctrl_init_device_debugfs(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 {
-	static struct dentry *device_root;
+	struct dentry *device_root;
 
 	device_root = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(pctldev->dev),
 					 debugfs_root);
+	pctldev->device_root = device_root;
+
 	if (IS_ERR(device_root) || !device_root) {
 		pr_warn("failed to create debugfs directory for %s\n",
 			dev_name(pctldev->dev));
@@ -529,6 +531,11 @@ static void pinctrl_init_device_debugfs(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 	pinconf_init_device_debugfs(device_root, pctldev);
 }
 
+static void pinctrl_remove_device_debugfs(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
+{
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(pctldev->device_root);
+}
+
 static void pinctrl_init_debugfs(void)
 {
 	debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("pinctrl", NULL);
@@ -553,6 +560,10 @@ static void pinctrl_init_debugfs(void)
 {
 }
 
+static void pinctrl_remove_device_debugfs(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
+{
+}
+
 #endif
 
 /**
@@ -641,6 +652,7 @@ void pinctrl_unregister(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 	if (pctldev == NULL)
 		return;
 
+	pinctrl_remove_device_debugfs(pctldev);
 	pinmux_unhog_maps(pctldev);
 	/* TODO: check that no pinmuxes are still active? */
 	mutex_lock(&pinctrldev_list_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.h b/drivers/pinctrl/core.h
index 177a3310547f31ceb8a9cd1191cb55f7f253469d..cfa86da6b4b15b546cbf78de371247812c162a9c 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.h
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ struct pinctrl_dev {
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct module *owner;
 	void *driver_data;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+	struct dentry *device_root;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PINMUX
 	struct mutex pinmux_hogs_lock;
 	struct list_head pinmux_hogs;