diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index 314ab93d7691..4061890a1748 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ static void pinctrl_remove_device_debugfs(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 static void pinctrl_init_debugfs(void)
 {
 	debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("pinctrl", NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(debugfs_root) || !debugfs_root) {
+	if (IS_ERR(debugfs_root)) {
 		pr_warn("failed to create debugfs directory\n");
 		debugfs_root = NULL;
 		return;