diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 678e3d6..6ea5a1a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -2698,38 +2698,23 @@
 
 static __init int ftrace_init_dyn_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
 {
-	struct dentry *entry;
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("available_filter_functions", 0444,
-				    d_tracer, NULL, &ftrace_avail_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'available_filter_functions' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("available_filter_functions", 0444,
+			d_tracer, NULL, &ftrace_avail_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("failures", 0444,
-				    d_tracer, NULL, &ftrace_failures_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'failures' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("failures", 0444,
+			d_tracer, NULL, &ftrace_failures_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("set_ftrace_filter", 0644, d_tracer,
-				    NULL, &ftrace_filter_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'set_ftrace_filter' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("set_ftrace_filter", 0644, d_tracer,
+			NULL, &ftrace_filter_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("set_ftrace_notrace", 0644, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("set_ftrace_notrace", 0644, d_tracer,
 				    NULL, &ftrace_notrace_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'set_ftrace_notrace' entry\n");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("set_graph_function", 0444, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("set_graph_function", 0444, d_tracer,
 				    NULL,
 				    &ftrace_graph_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'set_graph_function' entry\n");
 #endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER */
 
 	return 0;
@@ -2987,7 +2972,6 @@
 static __init int ftrace_init_debugfs(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
-	struct dentry *entry;
 
 	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
 	if (!d_tracer)
@@ -2995,11 +2979,8 @@
 
 	ftrace_init_dyn_debugfs(d_tracer);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("set_ftrace_pid", 0644, d_tracer,
-				    NULL, &ftrace_pid_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'set_ftrace_pid' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("set_ftrace_pid", 0644, d_tracer,
+			    NULL, &ftrace_pid_fops);
 
 	ftrace_profile_debugfs(d_tracer);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 960cbf4..74a1180 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -2845,14 +2845,11 @@
 static __init int rb_init_debugfs(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
-	struct dentry *entry;
 
 	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("tracing_on", 0644, d_tracer,
-				    &ring_buffer_flags, &rb_simple_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'tracing_on' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("tracing_on", 0644, d_tracer,
+			    &ring_buffer_flags, &rb_simple_fops);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 32653c8..0615751 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3581,7 +3581,7 @@
 static void tracing_init_debugfs_percpu(long cpu)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_percpu = tracing_dentry_percpu();
-	struct dentry *entry, *d_cpu;
+	struct dentry *d_cpu;
 	/* strlen(cpu) + MAX(log10(cpu)) + '\0' */
 	char cpu_dir[7];
 
@@ -3596,21 +3596,15 @@
 	}
 
 	/* per cpu trace_pipe */
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("trace_pipe", 0444, d_cpu,
-				(void *) cpu, &tracing_pipe_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'trace_pipe' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("trace_pipe", 0444, d_cpu,
+			(void *) cpu, &tracing_pipe_fops);
 
 	/* per cpu trace */
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("trace", 0644, d_cpu,
-				(void *) cpu, &tracing_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'trace' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("trace", 0644, d_cpu,
+			(void *) cpu, &tracing_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("trace_pipe_raw", 0444, d_cpu,
-				    (void *) cpu, &tracing_buffers_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'trace_pipe_raw' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("trace_pipe_raw", 0444, d_cpu,
+			(void *) cpu, &tracing_buffers_fops);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
@@ -3766,6 +3760,22 @@
 	.write = trace_options_core_write,
 };
 
+struct dentry *trace_create_file(const char *name,
+				 mode_t mode,
+				 struct dentry *parent,
+				 void *data,
+				 const struct file_operations *fops)
+{
+	struct dentry *ret;
+
+	ret = debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, data, fops);
+	if (!ret)
+		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs '%s' entry\n", name);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
 static struct dentry *trace_options_init_dentry(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
@@ -3793,7 +3803,6 @@
 			 struct tracer_opt *opt)
 {
 	struct dentry *t_options;
-	struct dentry *entry;
 
 	t_options = trace_options_init_dentry();
 	if (!t_options)
@@ -3802,11 +3811,9 @@
 	topt->flags = flags;
 	topt->opt = opt;
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file(opt->name, 0644, t_options, topt,
+	topt->entry = trace_create_file(opt->name, 0644, t_options, topt,
 				    &trace_options_fops);
 
-	topt->entry = entry;
-
 }
 
 static struct trace_option_dentry *
@@ -3861,123 +3868,81 @@
 create_trace_option_core_file(const char *option, long index)
 {
 	struct dentry *t_options;
-	struct dentry *entry;
 
 	t_options = trace_options_init_dentry();
 	if (!t_options)
 		return NULL;
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file(option, 0644, t_options, (void *)index,
+	return trace_create_file(option, 0644, t_options, (void *)index,
 				    &trace_options_core_fops);
-
-	return entry;
 }
 
 static __init void create_trace_options_dir(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *t_options;
-	struct dentry *entry;
 	int i;
 
 	t_options = trace_options_init_dentry();
 	if (!t_options)
 		return;
 
-	for (i = 0; trace_options[i]; i++) {
-		entry = create_trace_option_core_file(trace_options[i], i);
-		if (!entry)
-			pr_warning("Could not create debugfs %s entry\n",
-				   trace_options[i]);
-	}
+	for (i = 0; trace_options[i]; i++)
+		create_trace_option_core_file(trace_options[i], i);
 }
 
 static __init int tracer_init_debugfs(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
-	struct dentry *entry;
 	int cpu;
 
 	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("tracing_enabled", 0644, d_tracer,
-				    &global_trace, &tracing_ctrl_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'tracing_enabled' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("tracing_enabled", 0644, d_tracer,
+			&global_trace, &tracing_ctrl_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("trace_options", 0644, d_tracer,
-				    NULL, &tracing_iter_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'trace_options' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("trace_options", 0644, d_tracer,
+			NULL, &tracing_iter_fops);
 
-	create_trace_options_dir();
+	trace_create_file("tracing_cpumask", 0644, d_tracer,
+			NULL, &tracing_cpumask_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("tracing_cpumask", 0644, d_tracer,
-				    NULL, &tracing_cpumask_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'tracing_cpumask' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("trace", 0644, d_tracer,
+			(void *) TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPU, &tracing_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("trace", 0644, d_tracer,
-				 (void *) TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPU, &tracing_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'trace' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("available_tracers", 0444, d_tracer,
+			&global_trace, &show_traces_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("available_tracers", 0444, d_tracer,
-				    &global_trace, &show_traces_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'available_tracers' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("current_tracer", 0444, d_tracer,
+			&global_trace, &set_tracer_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("current_tracer", 0444, d_tracer,
-				    &global_trace, &set_tracer_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'current_tracer' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("tracing_max_latency", 0644, d_tracer,
+			&tracing_max_latency, &tracing_max_lat_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("tracing_max_latency", 0644, d_tracer,
-				    &tracing_max_latency,
-				    &tracing_max_lat_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'tracing_max_latency' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("tracing_thresh", 0644, d_tracer,
+			&tracing_thresh, &tracing_max_lat_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("tracing_thresh", 0644, d_tracer,
-				    &tracing_thresh, &tracing_max_lat_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'tracing_thresh' entry\n");
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("README", 0644, d_tracer,
-				    NULL, &tracing_readme_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'README' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("README", 0644, d_tracer,
+			NULL, &tracing_readme_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("trace_pipe", 0444, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("trace_pipe", 0444, d_tracer,
 			(void *) TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPU, &tracing_pipe_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'trace_pipe' entry\n");
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("buffer_size_kb", 0644, d_tracer,
-				    &global_trace, &tracing_entries_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'buffer_size_kb' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("buffer_size_kb", 0644, d_tracer,
+			&global_trace, &tracing_entries_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("trace_marker", 0220, d_tracer,
-				    NULL, &tracing_mark_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'trace_marker' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("trace_marker", 0220, d_tracer,
+			NULL, &tracing_mark_fops);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("dyn_ftrace_total_info", 0444, d_tracer,
-				    &ftrace_update_tot_cnt,
-				    &tracing_dyn_info_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'dyn_ftrace_total_info' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("dyn_ftrace_total_info", 0444, d_tracer,
+			&ftrace_update_tot_cnt, &tracing_dyn_info_fops);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSPROF_TRACER
 	init_tracer_sysprof_debugfs(d_tracer);
 #endif
 
+	create_trace_options_dir();
+
 	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu)
 		tracing_init_debugfs_percpu(cpu);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 47aa6d0..f76a8f86 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -470,6 +470,12 @@
 void tracing_reset(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu);
 void tracing_reset_online_cpus(struct trace_array *tr);
 int tracing_open_generic(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
+struct dentry *trace_create_file(const char *name,
+				 mode_t mode,
+				 struct dentry *parent,
+				 void *data,
+				 const struct file_operations *fops);
+
 struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry(void);
 void init_tracer_sysprof_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_profile.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_profile.c
index 22cba99..199de9c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_profile.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_profile.c
@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@
 			return event->profile_disable(event);
 	}
 }
-
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
index eb81556..9bece96 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
@@ -245,17 +245,13 @@
 static __init int init_trace_printk_function_export(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
-	struct dentry *entry;
 
 	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
 	if (!d_tracer)
 		return 0;
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("printk_formats", 0444, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("printk_formats", 0444, d_tracer,
 				    NULL, &ftrace_formats_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'printk_formats' entry\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index c750f65..1796f00 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -352,19 +352,14 @@
 static __init int stack_trace_init(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
-	struct dentry *entry;
 
 	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("stack_max_size", 0644, d_tracer,
-				    &max_stack_size, &stack_max_size_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'stack_max_size' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("stack_max_size", 0644, d_tracer,
+			&max_stack_size, &stack_max_size_fops);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("stack_trace", 0444, d_tracer,
-				    NULL, &stack_trace_fops);
-	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'stack_trace' entry\n");
+	trace_create_file("stack_trace", 0444, d_tracer,
+			NULL, &stack_trace_fops);
 
 	if (stack_tracer_enabled)
 		register_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c b/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c
index 91fd19c..e04b76c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c
@@ -321,11 +321,7 @@
 
 void init_tracer_sysprof_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
 {
-	struct dentry *entry;
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("sysprof_sample_period", 0644,
+	trace_create_file("sysprof_sample_period", 0644,
 			d_tracer, NULL, &sysprof_sample_fops);
-	if (entry)
-		return;
-	pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'sysprof_sample_period' entry\n");
 }