diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
index 035e3038c4de..b1e6ca98d0af 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ static void debugfs_add_domain_dir(struct irq_domain *d)
 
 static void debugfs_remove_domain_dir(struct irq_domain *d)
 {
-	debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(d->name, domain_dir));
+	debugfs_lookup_and_remove(d->name, domain_dir);
 }
 
 void __init irq_domain_debugfs_init(struct dentry *root)