diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
index 728ab57a611a468db44f95a1af01d45629ac944d..0f2292e367e62bdf638b9c812b7df38ce1bbb7ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ of its elements. Note: Once array is created its size can not be changed.
 
 There is a helper function to create device related seq_file::
 
-   struct dentry *debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev,
+   void debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev,
 				const char *name,
 				struct dentry *parent,
 				int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s,
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index a768a09430c3a9c0cad71e2f47a8544acafdf9c0..686e0ad287880c15406a479a3acc209a8fa1396f 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -1127,24 +1127,23 @@ static const struct file_operations debugfs_devm_entry_ops = {
  *	file will be created in the root of the debugfs filesystem.
  * @read_fn: function pointer called to print the seq_file content.
  */
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev, const char *name,
-					   struct dentry *parent,
-					   int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s,
-							  void *data))
+void debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev, const char *name,
+				 struct dentry *parent,
+				 int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s, void *data))
 {
 	struct debugfs_devm_entry *entry;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(parent))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		return;
 
 	entry = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!entry)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return;
 
 	entry->read = read_fn;
 	entry->dev = dev;
 
-	return debugfs_create_file(name, S_IRUGO, parent, entry,
-				   &debugfs_devm_entry_ops);
+	debugfs_create_file(name, S_IRUGO, parent, entry,
+			    &debugfs_devm_entry_ops);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_devm_seqfile);
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 851dd1f9a8a5f5466933e23709c50d7c39e13d5b..d6c4cc9ecc77cca2f6d6e5b719ba4eb576dd2fd1 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -144,10 +144,9 @@ void debugfs_create_u32_array(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 			      struct dentry *parent,
 			      struct debugfs_u32_array *array);
 
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev, const char *name,
-					   struct dentry *parent,
-					   int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s,
-							  void *data));
+void debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev, const char *name,
+				 struct dentry *parent,
+				 int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s, void *data));
 
 bool debugfs_initialized(void);
 
@@ -327,13 +326,12 @@ static inline void debugfs_create_u32_array(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 {
 }
 
-static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev,
-							 const char *name,
-							 struct dentry *parent,
-					   int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s,
-							  void *data))
+static inline void debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev,
+					       const char *name,
+					       struct dentry *parent,
+					       int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s,
+							      void *data))
 {
-	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }
 
 static inline ssize_t debugfs_read_file_bool(struct file *file,