1 files changed, 5 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 565cac1d4200..970a33f03299 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 
                 if (!in_group_p(inode->i_gid) && !capable(CAP_FSETID))
                         mode &= ~S_ISGID;
-                sd_iattr->ia_mode = mode;
+                sd_iattr->ia_mode = sd->s_mode = mode;
         }
 
         return error;
@@ -166,16 +166,6 @@ int sysfs_create(struct dentry * dentry, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *))
         return error;
 }
 
-struct dentry * sysfs_get_dentry(struct dentry * parent, const char * name)
-{
-        struct qstr qstr;
-
-        qstr.name = name;
-        qstr.len = strlen(name);
-        qstr.hash = full_name_hash(name,qstr.len);
-        return lookup_hash(&qstr,parent);
-}
-
 /*
  * Get the name for corresponding element represented by the given sysfs_dirent
  */
@@ -238,6 +228,10 @@ void sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name)
         struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
         struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
 
+        if (dir->d_inode == NULL)
+                /* no inode means this hasn't been made visible yet */
+                return;
+
         down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
         list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
                 if (!sd->s_element)