diff --git a/kernel/irq/debugfs.c b/kernel/irq/debugfs.c
index 6f636136cccc..bbd783a83409 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/debugfs.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/debugfs.c
@@ -256,8 +256,6 @@ static int __init irq_debugfs_init(void)
 	int irq;
 
 	root_dir = debugfs_create_dir("irq", NULL);
-	if (!root_dir)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	irq_domain_debugfs_init(root_dir);
 
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
index 8b0be4bd6565..45c74373c7a4 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
@@ -1749,8 +1749,6 @@ void __init irq_domain_debugfs_init(struct dentry *root)
 	struct irq_domain *d;
 
 	domain_dir = debugfs_create_dir("domains", root);
-	if (!domain_dir)
-		return;
 
 	debugfs_create_file("default", 0444, domain_dir, NULL,
 			    &irq_domain_debug_fops);