diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c
index 13ce321283ff..c2648011ac04 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c
@@ -1517,16 +1517,12 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(dpu_crtc_debugfs_state);
 static int _dpu_crtc_init_debugfs(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	struct dpu_crtc *dpu_crtc = to_dpu_crtc(crtc);
-	struct dentry *debugfs_root;
-
-	debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir(dpu_crtc->name,
-			crtc->dev->primary->debugfs_root);
 
 	debugfs_create_file("status", 0400,
-			debugfs_root,
+			crtc->debugfs_entry,
 			dpu_crtc, &_dpu_debugfs_status_fops);
 	debugfs_create_file("state", 0600,
-			debugfs_root,
+			crtc->debugfs_entry,
 			&dpu_crtc->base,
 			&dpu_crtc_debugfs_state_fops);