diff --git a/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c b/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c
index 84772013812b..60a4ebc7bf35 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c
@@ -2064,12 +2064,17 @@ static struct pci_driver intel_ntb_pci_driver = {
 
 static int __init intel_ntb_pci_driver_init(void)
 {
+	int ret;
 	pr_info("%s %s\n", NTB_DESC, NTB_VER);
 
 	if (debugfs_initialized())
 		debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir(KBUILD_MODNAME, NULL);
 
-	return pci_register_driver(&intel_ntb_pci_driver);
+	ret = pci_register_driver(&intel_ntb_pci_driver);
+	if (ret)
+		debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_dir);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 module_init(intel_ntb_pci_driver_init);