diff --git a/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-core.c b/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-core.c
index 48282d272fe6..865d86f34add 100644
--- a/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-core.c
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ static int __init cec_devnode_init(void)
 
 	ret = bus_register(&cec_bus_type);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		debugfs_remove_recursive(top_cec_dir);
 		unregister_chrdev_region(cec_dev_t, CEC_NUM_DEVICES);
 		pr_warn("cec: bus_register failed\n");
 		return -EIO;