diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
index ad807d5a3141..fdf5ad757226 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -1516,19 +1516,10 @@ static int vmballoon_debug_show(struct seq_file *f, void *offset)
 
 DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(vmballoon_debug);
 
-static int __init vmballoon_debugfs_init(struct vmballoon *b)
+static void __init vmballoon_debugfs_init(struct vmballoon *b)
 {
-	int error;
-
 	b->dbg_entry = debugfs_create_file("vmmemctl", S_IRUGO, NULL, b,
 					   &vmballoon_debug_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR(b->dbg_entry)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(b->dbg_entry);
-		pr_err("failed to create debugfs entry, error: %d\n", error);
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __exit vmballoon_debugfs_exit(struct vmballoon *b)
@@ -1541,9 +1532,8 @@ static void __exit vmballoon_debugfs_exit(struct vmballoon *b)
 
 #else
 
-static inline int vmballoon_debugfs_init(struct vmballoon *b)
+static inline void vmballoon_debugfs_init(struct vmballoon *b)
 {
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline void vmballoon_debugfs_exit(struct vmballoon *b)
@@ -1555,7 +1545,6 @@ static inline void vmballoon_debugfs_exit(struct vmballoon *b)
 static int __init vmballoon_init(void)
 {
 	enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size;
-	int error;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if we are running on VMware's hypervisor and bail out
@@ -1571,9 +1560,7 @@ static int __init vmballoon_init(void)
 
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&balloon.dwork, vmballoon_work);
 
-	error = vmballoon_debugfs_init(&balloon);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
+	vmballoon_debugfs_init(&balloon);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&balloon.comm_lock);
 	init_rwsem(&balloon.conf_sem);