diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index 7a2d32d2025fe..34c5ff3a0669b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ void update_sched_domain_debugfs(void)
 		char buf[32];
 
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "cpu%d", cpu);
-		debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(buf, sd_dentry));
+		debugfs_lookup_and_remove(buf, sd_dentry);
 		d_cpu = debugfs_create_dir(buf, sd_dentry);
 
 		i = 0;