1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 739dda176b43..7f4abe176701 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -737,10 +737,8 @@ int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 
         if (kobj->parent)
                 parent_sd = kobj->parent->sd;
-        else if (sysfs_mount && sysfs_mount->mnt_sb)
-                parent_sd = sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root->d_fsdata;
         else
-                return -EFAULT;
+                parent_sd = &sysfs_root;
 
         error = create_dir(kobj, parent_sd, kobject_name(kobj), &sd);
         if (!error)