1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index be288b5e4180..3eeac5a78581 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1218,13 +1218,11 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name)
         }
 #else
         if (dev->class) {
-                sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, old_device_name);
                 error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj,
                                           dev->bus_id);
-                if (error) {
-                        dev_err(dev, "%s: sysfs_create_symlink failed (%d)\n",
-                                __func__, error);
-                }
+                if (error)
+                        goto out;
+                sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, old_device_name);
         }
 #endif