diff --git a/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c b/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c
index 3bb6b688ece5..ecf190286377 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c
@@ -1767,8 +1767,11 @@ int __init btrfs_init_sysfs(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_DEBUG
 	ret = sysfs_create_group(&btrfs_kset->kobj, &btrfs_debug_feature_attr_group);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out2;
+	if (ret) {
+		sysfs_unmerge_group(&btrfs_kset->kobj,
+				    &btrfs_static_feature_attr_group);
+		goto out_remove_group;
+	}
 #endif
 
 	return 0;