diff --git a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_debugfs.c b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_debugfs.c
index 3aeee856d5c7..5e0faeba516e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_debugfs.c
@@ -430,21 +430,19 @@ static const struct seq_operations snic_trc_sops = {
 
 DEFINE_SEQ_ATTRIBUTE(snic_trc);
 
+#define TRC_ENABLE_FILE	"tracing_enable"
+#define TRC_FILE	"trace"
 /*
  * snic_trc_debugfs_init : creates trace/tracing_enable files for trace
  * under debugfs
  */
 void snic_trc_debugfs_init(void)
 {
-	snic_glob->trc.trc_enable = debugfs_create_bool("tracing_enable",
-							S_IFREG | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-							snic_glob->trc_root,
-							&snic_glob->trc.enable);
+	debugfs_create_bool(TRC_ENABLE_FILE, S_IFREG | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+			    snic_glob->trc_root, &snic_glob->trc.enable);
 
-	snic_glob->trc.trc_file = debugfs_create_file("trace",
-						      S_IFREG | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-						      snic_glob->trc_root, NULL,
-						      &snic_trc_fops);
+	debugfs_create_file(TRC_FILE, S_IFREG | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+			    snic_glob->trc_root, NULL, &snic_trc_fops);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -453,9 +451,6 @@ void snic_trc_debugfs_init(void)
 void
 snic_trc_debugfs_term(void)
 {
-	debugfs_remove(snic_glob->trc.trc_file);
-	snic_glob->trc.trc_file = NULL;
-
-	debugfs_remove(snic_glob->trc.trc_enable);
-	snic_glob->trc.trc_enable = NULL;
+	debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(TRC_FILE, snic_glob->trc_root));
+	debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(TRC_ENABLE_FILE, snic_glob->trc_root));
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_trc.h b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_trc.h
index 87dcc7457d15..ce305b4b8fa2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_trc.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_trc.h
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ struct snic_trc {
 	u32	rd_idx;
 	u32	wr_idx;
 	bool	enable;			/* Control Variable for Tracing */
-
-	struct dentry *trc_enable;	/* debugfs file object */
-	struct dentry *trc_file;
 };
 
 int snic_trc_init(void);