1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 4a802b4a9056..85eb81683a29 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -318,8 +318,11 @@ int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const void *ns, const cha
         struct sysfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
         struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
-        if (!dir_sd)
+        if (!dir_sd) {
+                WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "sysfs: can not remove '%s', no directory\n",
+                        name);
                 return -ENOENT;
+        }
 
         sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, dir_sd);