diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_debugfs.c
index d9af3aff690f1613f2ca4a65328683b6a8a845f2..cb8dfc970ec30e0154826ca4ab4259edd3d8ef9c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_debugfs.c
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(reset_fops, NULL, reset_set, "%llx\n");
 int a5xx_debugfs_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct drm_minor *minor)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev;
-	struct dentry *ent;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!minor)
@@ -175,11 +174,8 @@ int a5xx_debugfs_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct drm_minor *minor)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	ent = debugfs_create_file("reset", S_IWUGO,
-		minor->debugfs_root,
-		dev, &reset_fops);
-	if (!ent)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	debugfs_create_file("reset", S_IWUGO, minor->debugfs_root, dev,
+			    &reset_fops);
 
 	return 0;
 }