1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
index af3570bb4303..004c16465594 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *kernfs_create_link(struct sysfs_dirent *parent,
         struct sysfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
         int error;
 
-        sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
+        sd = sysfs_new_dirent(kernfs_root(parent), name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
+                              SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
         if (!sd)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);