diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.c
index a027f4a9d0ccbf3debaa009c45aa24516ddff123..a9afe46b837ff9a929a6df05dc112938bcec3d7c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.c
@@ -164,70 +164,30 @@ static const struct file_operations dpaa2_dbg_ch_ops = {
 
 void dpaa2_dbg_add(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
 {
-	if (!dpaa2_dbg_root)
-		return;
+	struct dentry *dir;
 
 	/* Create a directory for the interface */
-	priv->dbg.dir = debugfs_create_dir(priv->net_dev->name,
-					   dpaa2_dbg_root);
-	if (!priv->dbg.dir) {
-		netdev_err(priv->net_dev, "debugfs_create_dir() failed\n");
-		return;
-	}
+	dir = debugfs_create_dir(priv->net_dev->name, dpaa2_dbg_root);
+	priv->dbg.dir = dir;
 
 	/* per-cpu stats file */
-	priv->dbg.cpu_stats = debugfs_create_file("cpu_stats", 0444,
-						  priv->dbg.dir, priv,
-						  &dpaa2_dbg_cpu_ops);
-	if (!priv->dbg.cpu_stats) {
-		netdev_err(priv->net_dev, "debugfs_create_file() failed\n");
-		goto err_cpu_stats;
-	}
+	debugfs_create_file("cpu_stats", 0444, dir, priv, &dpaa2_dbg_cpu_ops);
 
 	/* per-fq stats file */
-	priv->dbg.fq_stats = debugfs_create_file("fq_stats", 0444,
-						 priv->dbg.dir, priv,
-						 &dpaa2_dbg_fq_ops);
-	if (!priv->dbg.fq_stats) {
-		netdev_err(priv->net_dev, "debugfs_create_file() failed\n");
-		goto err_fq_stats;
-	}
+	debugfs_create_file("fq_stats", 0444, dir, priv, &dpaa2_dbg_fq_ops);
 
 	/* per-fq stats file */
-	priv->dbg.ch_stats = debugfs_create_file("ch_stats", 0444,
-						 priv->dbg.dir, priv,
-						 &dpaa2_dbg_ch_ops);
-	if (!priv->dbg.fq_stats) {
-		netdev_err(priv->net_dev, "debugfs_create_file() failed\n");
-		goto err_ch_stats;
-	}
-
-	return;
-
-err_ch_stats:
-	debugfs_remove(priv->dbg.fq_stats);
-err_fq_stats:
-	debugfs_remove(priv->dbg.cpu_stats);
-err_cpu_stats:
-	debugfs_remove(priv->dbg.dir);
+	debugfs_create_file("ch_stats", 0444, dir, priv, &dpaa2_dbg_ch_ops);
 }
 
 void dpaa2_dbg_remove(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
 {
-	debugfs_remove(priv->dbg.fq_stats);
-	debugfs_remove(priv->dbg.ch_stats);
-	debugfs_remove(priv->dbg.cpu_stats);
-	debugfs_remove(priv->dbg.dir);
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(priv->dbg.dir);
 }
 
 void dpaa2_eth_dbg_init(void)
 {
 	dpaa2_dbg_root = debugfs_create_dir(DPAA2_ETH_DBG_ROOT, NULL);
-	if (!dpaa2_dbg_root) {
-		pr_err("DPAA2-ETH: debugfs create failed\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
 	pr_debug("DPAA2-ETH: debugfs created\n");
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.h
index 4f63de997a26737e1ef1f5c29b22269e80aa7f16..15598b28f03b9debf6ce8a4d6bf32c93804f4de2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.h
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ struct dpaa2_eth_priv;
 
 struct dpaa2_debugfs {
 	struct dentry *dir;
-	struct dentry *fq_stats;
-	struct dentry *ch_stats;
-	struct dentry *cpu_stats;
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS