diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/bcm-pdc-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/bcm-pdc-mailbox.c
index 3b4ebbe81964..c9434a756bf3 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/bcm-pdc-mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/bcm-pdc-mailbox.c
@@ -492,10 +492,8 @@ static void pdc_setup_debugfs(struct pdc_state *pdcs)
 
 static void pdc_free_debugfs(void)
 {
-	if (debugfs_dir && simple_empty(debugfs_dir)) {
-		debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_dir);
-		debugfs_dir = NULL;
-	}
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_dir);
+	debugfs_dir = NULL;
 }
 
 /**