diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 03571f6acaa8..da8fd45e0e3e 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3031,8 +3031,6 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
 	if (r)
 		goto vcpu_free_run_page;
 
-	kvm_create_vcpu_debugfs(vcpu);
-
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	if (kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(kvm, id)) {
 		r = -EEXIST;
@@ -3061,11 +3059,11 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 	kvm_arch_vcpu_postcreate(vcpu);
+	kvm_create_vcpu_debugfs(vcpu);
 	return r;
 
 unlock_vcpu_destroy:
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(vcpu->debugfs_dentry);
 	kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(vcpu);
 vcpu_free_run_page:
 	free_page((unsigned long)vcpu->run);