1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index feeae8081c22..aa85f2874a9f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ int sysfs_create_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj, const void *ns)
         kuid_t uid;
         kgid_t gid;
 
-        BUG_ON(!kobj);
+        if (WARN_ON(!kobj))
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         if (kobj->parent)
                 parent = kobj->parent->sd;