1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index e21f4022feb8..5e83e7246788 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -361,10 +361,12 @@ int sysfs_add_file(struct dentry * dir, const struct attribute * attr, int type)
 {
         struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
         umode_t mode = (attr->mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
-        int error = 0;
+        int error = -EEXIST;
 
         mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
-        error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *) attr, mode, type);
+        if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(parent_sd, attr->name))
+                error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *)attr,
+                                          mode, type);
         mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
         return error;