1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 2782f49e906e..93685f43bb9b 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *shadow_parent)
                 return -ENOENT;
         if (!kobj->k_name)
                 kobj->k_name = kobj->name;
-        if (!kobj->k_name) {
+        if (!*kobj->k_name) {
                 pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
                 WARN_ON(1);
                 return -EINVAL;