1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 67fb32d1124d..8af4d655b2d3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ void bitmap_endwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, unsigned long secto
                     bitmap->events_cleared < bitmap->mddev->events) {
                         bitmap->events_cleared = bitmap->mddev->events;
                         bitmap->need_sync = 1;
-                        sysfs_notify_dirent(bitmap->sysfs_can_clear);
+                        sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(bitmap->sysfs_can_clear);
                 }
 
                 if (!success && ! (*bmc & NEEDED_MASK))
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ int bitmap_create(mddev_t *mddev)
         struct file *file = mddev->bitmap_info.file;
         int err;
         sector_t start;
-        struct sysfs_dirent *bm;
+        struct sysfs_dirent *bm = NULL;
 
         BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(bitmap_super_t) != 256);
 
@@ -1664,7 +1664,8 @@ int bitmap_create(mddev_t *mddev)
 
         bitmap->mddev = mddev;
 
-        bm = sysfs_get_dirent(mddev->kobj.sd, NULL, "bitmap");
+        if (mddev->kobj.sd)
+                bm = sysfs_get_dirent(mddev->kobj.sd, NULL, "bitmap");
         if (bm) {
                 bitmap->sysfs_can_clear = sysfs_get_dirent(bm, NULL, "can_clear");
                 sysfs_put(bm);