diff --git a/include/linux/shrinker.h b/include/linux/shrinker.h
index 08e6054e061f..258b615124b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/shrinker.h
+++ b/include/linux/shrinker.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ extern void synchronize_shrinkers(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SHRINKER_DEBUG
 extern int shrinker_debugfs_add(struct shrinker *shrinker);
-extern void shrinker_debugfs_remove(struct shrinker *shrinker);
+extern struct dentry *shrinker_debugfs_remove(struct shrinker *shrinker);
 extern int __printf(2, 3) shrinker_debugfs_rename(struct shrinker *shrinker,
 						  const char *fmt, ...);
 #else /* CONFIG_SHRINKER_DEBUG */
@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@ static inline int shrinker_debugfs_add(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-static inline void shrinker_debugfs_remove(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+static inline struct dentry *shrinker_debugfs_remove(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
+	return NULL;
 }
 static inline __printf(2, 3)
 int shrinker_debugfs_rename(struct shrinker *shrinker, const char *fmt, ...)
diff --git a/mm/shrinker_debug.c b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
index b05295bab322..39c3491e28a3 100644
--- a/mm/shrinker_debug.c
+++ b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
@@ -246,18 +246,21 @@ int shrinker_debugfs_rename(struct shrinker *shrinker, const char *fmt, ...)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(shrinker_debugfs_rename);
 
-void shrinker_debugfs_remove(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+struct dentry *shrinker_debugfs_remove(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
+	struct dentry *entry = shrinker->debugfs_entry;
+
 	lockdep_assert_held(&shrinker_rwsem);
 
 	kfree_const(shrinker->name);
 	shrinker->name = NULL;
 
-	if (!shrinker->debugfs_entry)
-		return;
+	if (entry) {
+		ida_free(&shrinker_debugfs_ida, shrinker->debugfs_id);
+		shrinker->debugfs_entry = NULL;
+	}
 
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(shrinker->debugfs_entry);
-	ida_free(&shrinker_debugfs_ida, shrinker->debugfs_id);
+	return entry;
 }
 
 static int __init shrinker_debugfs_init(void)
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 96eb9da372cd..dc66f6715bfc 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -740,6 +740,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker);
  */
 void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
+	struct dentry *debugfs_entry;
+
 	if (!(shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_REGISTERED))
 		return;
 
@@ -748,9 +750,11 @@ void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	shrinker->flags &= ~SHRINKER_REGISTERED;
 	if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE)
 		unregister_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
-	shrinker_debugfs_remove(shrinker);
+	debugfs_entry = shrinker_debugfs_remove(shrinker);
 	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_entry);
+
 	kfree(shrinker->nr_deferred);
 	shrinker->nr_deferred = NULL;
 }