1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index dd1701caecc9..2df555c66d57 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ static int internal_create_group(struct kobject *kobj, int update,
         /* Updates may happen before the object has been instantiated */
         if (unlikely(update && !kobj->sd))
                 return -EINVAL;
-
+        if (!grp->attrs) {
+                WARN(1, "sysfs: attrs not set by subsystem for group: %s/%s\n",
+                        kobj->name, grp->name ? "" : grp->name);
+                return -EINVAL;
+        }
         if (grp->name) {
                 error = sysfs_create_subdir(kobj, grp->name, &sd);
                 if (error)