1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index 1eb2d6307663..57038604d4a8 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ static int internal_create_group(struct kobject *kobj, int update,
         kgid_t gid;
         int error;
 
-        BUG_ON(!kobj || (!update && !kobj->sd));
+        if (WARN_ON(!kobj || (!update && !kobj->sd)))
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         /* Updates may happen before the object has been instantiated */
         if (unlikely(update && !kobj->sd))