diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/debugfs.c
index 6544ac9df047..73f5892ce6c1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/debugfs.c
@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@ DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_netdev_queue_stopped,
 			debugfs_netdev_queue_stopped_get,
 			NULL, "%llu\n");
 
-
-static
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_netdev_queue_stopped(
-	const char *name, struct dentry *parent, struct i2400m *i2400m)
-{
-	return debugfs_create_file(name, 0400, parent, i2400m,
-				   &fops_netdev_queue_stopped);
-}
-
 /*
  * We don't allow partial reads of this file, as then the reader would
  * get weirdly confused data as it is updated.
@@ -167,15 +158,6 @@ DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_i2400m_suspend,
 			NULL, debugfs_i2400m_suspend_set,
 			"%llu\n");
 
-static
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_i2400m_suspend(
-	const char *name, struct dentry *parent, struct i2400m *i2400m)
-{
-	return debugfs_create_file(name, 0200, parent, i2400m,
-				   &fops_i2400m_suspend);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * Reset the device
  *
@@ -205,73 +187,25 @@ DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_i2400m_reset,
 			NULL, debugfs_i2400m_reset_set,
 			"%llu\n");
 
-static
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_i2400m_reset(
-	const char *name, struct dentry *parent, struct i2400m *i2400m)
+void i2400m_debugfs_add(struct i2400m *i2400m)
 {
-	return debugfs_create_file(name, 0200, parent, i2400m,
-				   &fops_i2400m_reset);
-}
-
-
-#define __debugfs_register(prefix, name, parent)			\
-do {									\
-	result = d_level_register_debugfs(prefix, name, parent);	\
-	if (result < 0)							\
-		goto error;						\
-} while (0)
-
-
-int i2400m_debugfs_add(struct i2400m *i2400m)
-{
-	int result;
-	struct device *dev = i2400m_dev(i2400m);
 	struct dentry *dentry = i2400m->wimax_dev.debugfs_dentry;
-	struct dentry *fd;
 
 	dentry = debugfs_create_dir("i2400m", dentry);
-	result = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-		if (result == -ENODEV)
-			result = 0;	/* No debugfs support */
-		goto error;
-	}
 	i2400m->debugfs_dentry = dentry;
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", control, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", driver, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", debugfs, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", fw, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", netdev, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", rfkill, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", rx, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", tx, dentry);
 
-	fd = debugfs_create_size_t("tx_in", 0400, dentry,
-				   &i2400m->tx_in);
-	result = PTR_ERR(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && result != -ENODEV) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs entry "
-			"tx_in: %d\n", result);
-		goto error;
-	}
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", control, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", driver, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", debugfs, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", fw, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", netdev, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", rfkill, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", rx, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", tx, dentry);
 
-	fd = debugfs_create_size_t("tx_out", 0400, dentry,
-				   &i2400m->tx_out);
-	result = PTR_ERR(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && result != -ENODEV) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs entry "
-			"tx_out: %d\n", result);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	fd = debugfs_create_u32("state", 0600, dentry,
-				&i2400m->state);
-	result = PTR_ERR(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && result != -ENODEV) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs entry "
-			"state: %d\n", result);
-		goto error;
-	}
+	debugfs_create_size_t("tx_in", 0400, dentry, &i2400m->tx_in);
+	debugfs_create_size_t("tx_out", 0400, dentry, &i2400m->tx_out);
+	debugfs_create_u32("state", 0600, dentry, &i2400m->state);
 
 	/*
 	 * Trace received messages from user space
@@ -295,60 +229,22 @@ int i2400m_debugfs_add(struct i2400m *i2400m)
 	 * It is not really very atomic, but it is also not too
 	 * critical.
 	 */
-	fd = debugfs_create_u8("trace_msg_from_user", 0600, dentry,
-			       &i2400m->trace_msg_from_user);
-	result = PTR_ERR(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && result != -ENODEV) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs entry "
-			"trace_msg_from_user: %d\n", result);
-		goto error;
-	}
+	debugfs_create_u8("trace_msg_from_user", 0600, dentry,
+			  &i2400m->trace_msg_from_user);
 
-	fd = debugfs_create_netdev_queue_stopped("netdev_queue_stopped",
-						 dentry, i2400m);
-	result = PTR_ERR(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && result != -ENODEV) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs entry "
-			"netdev_queue_stopped: %d\n", result);
-		goto error;
-	}
+	debugfs_create_file("netdev_queue_stopped", 0400, dentry, i2400m,
+			    &fops_netdev_queue_stopped);
 
-	fd = debugfs_create_file("rx_stats", 0600, dentry, i2400m,
-				 &i2400m_rx_stats_fops);
-	result = PTR_ERR(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && result != -ENODEV) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs entry "
-			"rx_stats: %d\n", result);
-		goto error;
-	}
+	debugfs_create_file("rx_stats", 0600, dentry, i2400m,
+			    &i2400m_rx_stats_fops);
 
-	fd = debugfs_create_file("tx_stats", 0600, dentry, i2400m,
-				 &i2400m_tx_stats_fops);
-	result = PTR_ERR(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && result != -ENODEV) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs entry "
-			"tx_stats: %d\n", result);
-		goto error;
-	}
+	debugfs_create_file("tx_stats", 0600, dentry, i2400m,
+			    &i2400m_tx_stats_fops);
 
-	fd = debugfs_create_i2400m_suspend("suspend", dentry, i2400m);
-	result = PTR_ERR(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && result != -ENODEV) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs entry suspend: %d\n",
-			result);
-		goto error;
-	}
+	debugfs_create_file("suspend", 0200, dentry, i2400m,
+			    &fops_i2400m_suspend);
 
-	fd = debugfs_create_i2400m_reset("reset", dentry, i2400m);
-	result = PTR_ERR(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && result != -ENODEV) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs entry reset: %d\n", result);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	result = 0;
-error:
-	return result;
+	debugfs_create_file("reset", 0200, dentry, i2400m, &fops_i2400m_reset);
 }
 
 void i2400m_debugfs_rm(struct i2400m *i2400m)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/driver.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/driver.c
index 0a29222a1bf9..f66c0f8f6f4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/driver.c
@@ -905,11 +905,7 @@ int i2400m_setup(struct i2400m *i2400m, enum i2400m_bri bm_flags)
 		goto error_sysfs_setup;
 	}
 
-	result = i2400m_debugfs_add(i2400m);
-	if (result < 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "cannot setup i2400m's debugfs: %d\n", result);
-		goto error_debugfs_setup;
-	}
+	i2400m_debugfs_add(i2400m);
 
 	result = i2400m_dev_start(i2400m, bm_flags);
 	if (result < 0)
@@ -919,7 +915,6 @@ int i2400m_setup(struct i2400m *i2400m, enum i2400m_bri bm_flags)
 
 error_dev_start:
 	i2400m_debugfs_rm(i2400m);
-error_debugfs_setup:
 	sysfs_remove_group(&i2400m->wimax_dev.net_dev->dev.kobj,
 			   &i2400m_dev_attr_group);
 error_sysfs_setup:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h
index 5a34e72bab9a..a3733a6d14f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h
@@ -812,13 +812,10 @@ enum i2400m_pt;
 int i2400m_tx(struct i2400m *, const void *, size_t, enum i2400m_pt);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-int i2400m_debugfs_add(struct i2400m *);
+void i2400m_debugfs_add(struct i2400m *);
 void i2400m_debugfs_rm(struct i2400m *);
 #else
-static inline int i2400m_debugfs_add(struct i2400m *i2400m)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
+static inline void i2400m_debugfs_add(struct i2400m *i2400m) {}
 static inline void i2400m_debugfs_rm(struct i2400m *i2400m) {}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/usb.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/usb.c
index 2075e7b1fff6..6953f904232f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/usb.c
@@ -366,61 +366,25 @@ struct d_level D_LEVEL[] = {
 };
 size_t D_LEVEL_SIZE = ARRAY_SIZE(D_LEVEL);
 
-
-#define __debugfs_register(prefix, name, parent)			\
-do {									\
-	result = d_level_register_debugfs(prefix, name, parent);	\
-	if (result < 0)							\
-		goto error;						\
-} while (0)
-
-
 static
-int i2400mu_debugfs_add(struct i2400mu *i2400mu)
+void i2400mu_debugfs_add(struct i2400mu *i2400mu)
 {
-	int result;
-	struct device *dev = &i2400mu->usb_iface->dev;
 	struct dentry *dentry = i2400mu->i2400m.wimax_dev.debugfs_dentry;
-	struct dentry *fd;
 
 	dentry = debugfs_create_dir("i2400m-usb", dentry);
-	result = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-		if (result == -ENODEV)
-			result = 0;	/* No debugfs support */
-		goto error;
-	}
 	i2400mu->debugfs_dentry = dentry;
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", usb, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", fw, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", notif, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", rx, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("dl_", tx, dentry);
+
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", usb, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", fw, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", notif, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", rx, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("dl_", tx, dentry);
 
 	/* Don't touch these if you don't know what you are doing */
-	fd = debugfs_create_u8("rx_size_auto_shrink", 0600, dentry,
-			       &i2400mu->rx_size_auto_shrink);
-	result = PTR_ERR(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && result != -ENODEV) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs entry "
-			"rx_size_auto_shrink: %d\n", result);
-		goto error;
-	}
+	debugfs_create_u8("rx_size_auto_shrink", 0600, dentry,
+			  &i2400mu->rx_size_auto_shrink);
 
-	fd = debugfs_create_size_t("rx_size", 0600, dentry,
-				   &i2400mu->rx_size);
-	result = PTR_ERR(fd);
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && result != -ENODEV) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs entry "
-			"rx_size: %d\n", result);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-
-error:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(i2400mu->debugfs_dentry);
-	return result;
+	debugfs_create_size_t("rx_size", 0600, dentry, &i2400mu->rx_size);
 }
 
 
@@ -534,15 +498,9 @@ int i2400mu_probe(struct usb_interface *iface,
 		dev_err(dev, "cannot setup device: %d\n", result);
 		goto error_setup;
 	}
-	result = i2400mu_debugfs_add(i2400mu);
-	if (result < 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Can't register i2400mu's debugfs: %d\n", result);
-		goto error_debugfs_add;
-	}
+	i2400mu_debugfs_add(i2400mu);
 	return 0;
 
-error_debugfs_add:
-	i2400m_release(i2400m);
 error_setup:
 	usb_set_intfdata(iface, NULL);
 	usb_put_dev(i2400mu->usb_dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/wimax/debug.h b/include/linux/wimax/debug.h
index 7cb63e4ec0ae..4dd2c1cea6a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/wimax/debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/wimax/debug.h
@@ -98,9 +98,7 @@
  * To manipulate from user space the levels, create a debugfs dentry
  * and then register each submodule with:
  *
- *     result = d_level_register_debugfs("PREFIX_", submodule_X, parent);
- *     if (result < 0)
- *            goto error;
+ *     d_level_register_debugfs("PREFIX_", submodule_X, parent);
  *
  * Where PREFIX_ is a name of your chosing. This will create debugfs
  * file with a single numeric value that can be use to tweak it. To
@@ -408,25 +406,13 @@ do {							\
  * @submodule: name of submodule (not a string, just the name)
  * @dentry: debugfs parent dentry
  *
- * Returns: 0 if ok, < 0 errno on error.
- *
  * For removing, just use debugfs_remove_recursive() on the parent.
  */
 #define d_level_register_debugfs(prefix, name, parent)			\
 ({									\
-	int rc;								\
-	struct dentry *fd;						\
-	struct dentry *verify_parent_type = parent;			\
-	fd = debugfs_create_u8(						\
-		prefix #name, 0600, verify_parent_type,			\
+	debugfs_create_u8(						\
+		prefix #name, 0600, parent,				\
 		&(D_LEVEL[__D_SUBMODULE_ ## name].level));		\
-	rc = PTR_ERR(fd);						\
-	if (IS_ERR(fd) && rc != -ENODEV)				\
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Can't create debugfs entry %s: "	\
-		       "%d\n", __func__, prefix #name, rc);		\
-	else								\
-		rc = 0;							\
-	rc;								\
 })
 
 
diff --git a/net/wimax/debugfs.c b/net/wimax/debugfs.c
index 1af56df30276..3c54bb6b925a 100644
--- a/net/wimax/debugfs.c
+++ b/net/wimax/debugfs.c
@@ -13,49 +13,23 @@
 #define D_SUBMODULE debugfs
 #include "debug-levels.h"
 
-
-#define __debugfs_register(prefix, name, parent)			\
-do {									\
-	result = d_level_register_debugfs(prefix, name, parent);	\
-	if (result < 0)							\
-		goto error;						\
-} while (0)
-
-
-int wimax_debugfs_add(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev)
+void wimax_debugfs_add(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev)
 {
-	int result;
 	struct net_device *net_dev = wimax_dev->net_dev;
-	struct device *dev = net_dev->dev.parent;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	char buf[128];
 
 	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "wimax:%s", net_dev->name);
 	dentry = debugfs_create_dir(buf, NULL);
-	result = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-		if (result == -ENODEV)
-			result = 0;	/* No debugfs support */
-		else
-			dev_err(dev, "Can't create debugfs dentry: %d\n",
-				result);
-		goto out;
-	}
 	wimax_dev->debugfs_dentry = dentry;
-	__debugfs_register("wimax_dl_", debugfs, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("wimax_dl_", id_table, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("wimax_dl_", op_msg, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("wimax_dl_", op_reset, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("wimax_dl_", op_rfkill, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("wimax_dl_", op_state_get, dentry);
-	__debugfs_register("wimax_dl_", stack, dentry);
-	result = 0;
-out:
-	return result;
 
-error:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(wimax_dev->debugfs_dentry);
-	return result;
+	d_level_register_debugfs("wimax_dl_", debugfs, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("wimax_dl_", id_table, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("wimax_dl_", op_msg, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("wimax_dl_", op_reset, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("wimax_dl_", op_rfkill, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("wimax_dl_", op_state_get, dentry);
+	d_level_register_debugfs("wimax_dl_", stack, dentry);
 }
 
 void wimax_debugfs_rm(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev)
diff --git a/net/wimax/stack.c b/net/wimax/stack.c
index 1ba99d65feca..4b9b1c5e8f3a 100644
--- a/net/wimax/stack.c
+++ b/net/wimax/stack.c
@@ -481,12 +481,7 @@ int wimax_dev_add(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, struct net_device *net_dev)
 	/* Set up user-space interaction */
 	mutex_lock(&wimax_dev->mutex);
 	wimax_id_table_add(wimax_dev);
-	result = wimax_debugfs_add(wimax_dev);
-	if (result < 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "cannot initialize debugfs: %d\n",
-			result);
-		goto error_debugfs_add;
-	}
+	wimax_debugfs_add(wimax_dev);
 
 	__wimax_state_set(wimax_dev, WIMAX_ST_DOWN);
 	mutex_unlock(&wimax_dev->mutex);
@@ -498,10 +493,6 @@ int wimax_dev_add(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, struct net_device *net_dev)
 	d_fnend(3, dev, "(wimax_dev %p net_dev %p) = 0\n", wimax_dev, net_dev);
 	return 0;
 
-error_debugfs_add:
-	wimax_id_table_rm(wimax_dev);
-	mutex_unlock(&wimax_dev->mutex);
-	wimax_rfkill_rm(wimax_dev);
 error_rfkill_add:
 	d_fnend(3, dev, "(wimax_dev %p net_dev %p) = %d\n",
 		wimax_dev, net_dev, result);
diff --git a/net/wimax/wimax-internal.h b/net/wimax/wimax-internal.h
index e819a09337ee..40751207296c 100644
--- a/net/wimax/wimax-internal.h
+++ b/net/wimax/wimax-internal.h
@@ -57,13 +57,10 @@ void __wimax_state_set(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, enum wimax_st state)
 void __wimax_state_change(struct wimax_dev *, enum wimax_st);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-int wimax_debugfs_add(struct wimax_dev *);
+void wimax_debugfs_add(struct wimax_dev *);
 void wimax_debugfs_rm(struct wimax_dev *);
 #else
-static inline int wimax_debugfs_add(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
+static inline void wimax_debugfs_add(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev) {}
 static inline void wimax_debugfs_rm(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev) {}
 #endif