1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index 54a350ccd033..6fbc8f5ab80c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -1792,6 +1792,11 @@ int __init usb_devio_init(void)
                 usb_classdev_class = NULL;
                 goto out;
         }
+        /* devices of this class shadow the major:minor of their parent
+         * device, so clear ->dev_kobj to prevent adding duplicate entries
+         * to /sys/dev
+         */
+        usb_classdev_class->dev_kobj = NULL;
 
         usb_register_notify(&usbdev_nb);
 #endif