1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 2f86e0422290..d056e9695cd6 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char
         sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
         if (!sd)
                 goto out_put;
+
         sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd = target_sd;
+        target_sd = NULL;       /* reference is now owned by the symlink */
 
         sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd);