1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
index 3a939c263ede..b2c106ca3434 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_link(struct kernfs_node *parent,
                                        struct kernfs_node *target)
 {
         struct kernfs_node *kn;
+        struct kernfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
         int error;
 
         kn = kernfs_new_node(kernfs_root(parent), name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
@@ -39,7 +40,14 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_link(struct kernfs_node *parent,
         kn->symlink.target_kn = target;
         kernfs_get(target);     /* ref owned by symlink */
 
-        error = kernfs_add_one(kn, parent);
+        error = -ENOENT;
+        if (kernfs_get_active(parent)) {
+                kernfs_addrm_start(&acxt);
+                error = kernfs_add_one(&acxt, kn, parent);
+                kernfs_addrm_finish(&acxt);
+                kernfs_put_active(parent);
+        }
+
         if (!error)
                 return kn;