diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/debugfs.c b/drivers/misc/mei/debugfs.c
index 0970142bcace..df6bf8b81936 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/debugfs.c
@@ -233,47 +233,22 @@ void mei_dbgfs_deregister(struct mei_device *dev)
  *
  * @dev: the mei device structure
  * @name: the mei device name
- *
- * Return: 0 on success, <0 on failure.
  */
-int mei_dbgfs_register(struct mei_device *dev, const char *name)
+void mei_dbgfs_register(struct mei_device *dev, const char *name)
 {
-	struct dentry *dir, *f;
+	struct dentry *dir;
 
 	dir = debugfs_create_dir(name, NULL);
-	if (!dir)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	dev->dbgfs_dir = dir;
 
-	f = debugfs_create_file("meclients", S_IRUSR, dir,
-				dev, &mei_dbgfs_fops_meclients);
-	if (!f) {
-		dev_err(dev->dev, "meclients: registration failed\n");
-		goto err;
-	}
-	f = debugfs_create_file("active", S_IRUSR, dir,
-				dev, &mei_dbgfs_fops_active);
-	if (!f) {
-		dev_err(dev->dev, "active: registration failed\n");
-		goto err;
-	}
-	f = debugfs_create_file("devstate", S_IRUSR, dir,
-				dev, &mei_dbgfs_fops_devstate);
-	if (!f) {
-		dev_err(dev->dev, "devstate: registration failed\n");
-		goto err;
-	}
-	f = debugfs_create_file("allow_fixed_address", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, dir,
-				&dev->allow_fixed_address,
-				&mei_dbgfs_fops_allow_fa);
-	if (!f) {
-		dev_err(dev->dev, "allow_fixed_address: registration failed\n");
-		goto err;
-	}
-	return 0;
-err:
-	mei_dbgfs_deregister(dev);
-	return -ENODEV;
+	debugfs_create_file("meclients", S_IRUSR, dir, dev,
+			    &mei_dbgfs_fops_meclients);
+	debugfs_create_file("active", S_IRUSR, dir, dev,
+			    &mei_dbgfs_fops_active);
+	debugfs_create_file("devstate", S_IRUSR, dir, dev,
+			    &mei_dbgfs_fops_devstate);
+	debugfs_create_file("allow_fixed_address", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, dir,
+			    &dev->allow_fixed_address,
+			    &mei_dbgfs_fops_allow_fa);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
index ad02097d7fee..f894d1f8a53e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -984,16 +984,10 @@ int mei_register(struct mei_device *dev, struct device *parent)
 		goto err_dev_create;
 	}
 
-	ret = mei_dbgfs_register(dev, dev_name(clsdev));
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(clsdev, "cannot register debugfs ret = %d\n", ret);
-		goto err_dev_dbgfs;
-	}
+	mei_dbgfs_register(dev, dev_name(clsdev));
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_dev_dbgfs:
-	device_destroy(mei_class, devno);
 err_dev_create:
 	cdev_del(&dev->cdev);
 err_dev_add:
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
index fca832fcac57..f71a023aed3c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
@@ -718,13 +718,10 @@ bool mei_hbuf_acquire(struct mei_device *dev);
 bool mei_write_is_idle(struct mei_device *dev);
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
-int mei_dbgfs_register(struct mei_device *dev, const char *name);
+void mei_dbgfs_register(struct mei_device *dev, const char *name);
 void mei_dbgfs_deregister(struct mei_device *dev);
 #else
-static inline int mei_dbgfs_register(struct mei_device *dev, const char *name)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
+static inline void mei_dbgfs_register(struct mei_device *dev, const char *name) {}
 static inline void mei_dbgfs_deregister(struct mei_device *dev) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */