1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 25b91afc29e0..7c3da7bca05b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5973,8 +5973,10 @@ static int new_instance_create(const char *name)
                 goto out_free_tr;
 
         ret = event_trace_add_tracer(tr->dir, tr);
-        if (ret)
+        if (ret) {
+                debugfs_remove_recursive(tr->dir);
                 goto out_free_tr;
+        }
 
         init_tracer_debugfs(tr, tr->dir);