1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 2e6775a836f2..048e6054c2fd 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -699,17 +699,19 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 
         /* link in */
         sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd);
+
         if (!sysfs_find_dirent(parent_sd, name)) {
                 sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
                 sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
         }
-        if (sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt)) {
-                *p_sd = sd;
-                return 0;
+
+        if (!sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt)) {
+                sysfs_put(sd);
+                return -EEXIST;
         }
 
-        sysfs_put(sd);
-        return -EEXIST;
+        *p_sd = sd;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name,