1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
index a03e26036ef9..4d457055acb9 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_link(struct kernfs_node *parent,
         struct kernfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
         int error;
 
-        kn = kernfs_new_node(kernfs_root(parent), name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
-                             KERNFS_LINK);
+        kn = kernfs_new_node(parent, name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, KERNFS_LINK);
         if (!kn)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_link(struct kernfs_node *parent,
         kernfs_get(target);     /* ref owned by symlink */
 
         kernfs_addrm_start(&acxt);
-        error = kernfs_add_one(&acxt, kn, parent);
+        error = kernfs_add_one(&acxt, kn);
         kernfs_addrm_finish(&acxt);
 
         if (!error)