2 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index f419519ec41f..214ec14149d9 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -432,14 +432,9 @@ static int configfs_attach_attr(struct configfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * den
                                 (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR) ?
                                         configfs_init_bin_file :
                                         configfs_init_file);
-        if (error) {
+        if (error)
                 configfs_put(sd);
-                return error;
-        }
-
-        d_rehash(dentry);
-
-        return 0;
+        return error;
 }
 
 static struct dentry * configfs_lookup(struct inode *dir,
diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index cee087d8f7e0..45811ea3fd87 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -199,9 +199,17 @@ int configfs_create(struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode, void (*init)(struct in
         configfs_set_inode_lock_class(sd, inode);
 
         init(inode);
-        d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-        if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode))
+        if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)) {
+                /*
+                 * ->symlink(), ->mkdir(), configfs_register_subsystem() or
+                 * create_default_group() - already hashed.
+                 */
+                d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
                 dget(dentry);  /* pin link and directory dentries in core */
+        } else {
+                /* ->lookup() */
+                d_add(dentry, inode);
+        }
         return error;
 }