diff --git a/drivers/edac/debugfs.c b/drivers/edac/debugfs.c
index 4864703115cc..54d2f668cb0a 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/debugfs.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int edac_create_debugfs_nodes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 	mci->debugfs = parent;
 	return 0;
 nomem:
-	debugfs_remove(mci->debugfs);
+	edac_debugfs_remove_recursive(mci->debugfs);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index 3929391f0b92..a75acea0f674 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ void edac_remove_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 	edac_dbg(0, "\n");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EDAC_DEBUG
-	debugfs_remove(mci->debugfs);
+	edac_debugfs_remove_recursive(mci->debugfs);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EDAC_LEGACY_SYSFS
 	edac_delete_csrow_objects(mci);