diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_debugfs.c
index 50e48136c697..b19492a7f6ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_debugfs.c
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(bond_debug_rlb_hash);
 
 void bond_debug_register(struct bonding *bond)
 {
-	if (!bonding_debug_root)
-		return;
-
 	bond->debug_dir =
 		debugfs_create_dir(bond->dev->name, bonding_debug_root);
 
@@ -61,9 +58,6 @@ void bond_debug_register(struct bonding *bond)
 
 void bond_debug_unregister(struct bonding *bond)
 {
-	if (!bonding_debug_root)
-		return;
-
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(bond->debug_dir);
 }
 
@@ -71,9 +65,6 @@ void bond_debug_reregister(struct bonding *bond)
 {
 	struct dentry *d;
 
-	if (!bonding_debug_root)
-		return;
-
 	d = debugfs_rename(bonding_debug_root, bond->debug_dir,
 			   bonding_debug_root, bond->dev->name);
 	if (!IS_ERR(d)) {