diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index a754fc08e194..590c46e672df 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1016,7 +1016,6 @@ struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item {
 	const char *name;
 	int offset;
 	enum kvm_stat_kind kind;
-	struct dentry *dentry;
 };
 extern struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item debugfs_entries[];
 extern struct dentry *kvm_debugfs_dir;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 9649a42ee990..be3cef12706c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3447,10 +3447,9 @@ static int kvm_init_debug(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	for (p = debugfs_entries; p->name; ++p) {
-		p->dentry = debugfs_create_file(p->name, 0444, kvm_debugfs_dir,
-						(void *)(long)p->offset,
-						stat_fops[p->kind]);
-		if (p->dentry == NULL)
+		if (!debugfs_create_file(p->name, 0444, kvm_debugfs_dir,
+					 (void *)(long)p->offset,
+					 stat_fops[p->kind]))
 			goto out_dir;
 	}
 
@@ -3462,15 +3461,6 @@ out:
 	return r;
 }
 
-static void kvm_exit_debug(void)
-{
-	struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item *p;
-
-	for (p = debugfs_entries; p->name; ++p)
-		debugfs_remove(p->dentry);
-	debugfs_remove(kvm_debugfs_dir);
-}
-
 static int kvm_suspend(void)
 {
 	if (kvm_usage_count)
@@ -3628,7 +3618,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_init);
 
 void kvm_exit(void)
 {
-	kvm_exit_debug();
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(kvm_debugfs_dir);
 	misc_deregister(&kvm_dev);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(kvm_vcpu_cache);
 	kvm_async_pf_deinit();