1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 617d10cea07d..7b9a8f132d5a 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -277,12 +277,16 @@ int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name)
                 if (!strcmp(sd->s_name, name)) {
                         list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
                         sysfs_drop_dentry(sd, dir);
-                        sysfs_put(sd);
                         found = 1;
                         break;
                 }
         }
         mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
-        return found ? 0 : -ENOENT;
+        if (!found)
+                return -ENOENT;
+
+        sysfs_deactivate(sd);
+        sysfs_put(sd);
+        return 0;
 }