diff --git a/include/linux/irqdomain.h b/include/linux/irqdomain.h
index 42d196805f587e8adafe294ec93612e9f3c09cf9..33cacc8af26dab4f582d986054c4164d02d73d6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqdomain.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqdomain.h
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ struct irq_domain_chip_generic;
  *      setting up one or more generic chips for interrupt controllers
  *      drivers using the generic chip library which uses this pointer.
  * @parent: Pointer to parent irq_domain to support hierarchy irq_domains
- * @debugfs_file: dentry for the domain debugfs file
  *
  * Revmap data, used internally by irq_domain
  * @revmap_direct_max_irq: The largest hwirq that can be set for controllers that
@@ -174,9 +173,6 @@ struct irq_domain {
 #ifdef	CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY
 	struct irq_domain *parent;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_DEBUGFS
-	struct dentry		*debugfs_file;
-#endif
 
 	/* reverse map data. The linear map gets appended to the irq_domain */
 	irq_hw_number_t hwirq_max;
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
index 288151393a0653978d38facd20b30e7b28632372..d10ab1d689d58c39c72b8e615b0e64807f082d7c 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
@@ -1898,16 +1898,15 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(irq_domain_debug);
 
 static void debugfs_add_domain_dir(struct irq_domain *d)
 {
-	if (!d->name || !domain_dir || d->debugfs_file)
+	if (!d->name || !domain_dir)
 		return;
-	d->debugfs_file = debugfs_create_file(d->name, 0444, domain_dir, d,
-					      &irq_domain_debug_fops);
+	debugfs_create_file(d->name, 0444, domain_dir, d,
+			    &irq_domain_debug_fops);
 }
 
 static void debugfs_remove_domain_dir(struct irq_domain *d)
 {
-	debugfs_remove(d->debugfs_file);
-	d->debugfs_file = NULL;
+	debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(d->name, domain_dir));
 }
 
 void __init irq_domain_debugfs_init(struct dentry *root)