1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index e34f0d99ea4e..2243f8ec64d5 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
         }
 
         /* instantiate and link root dentry */
-        root = d_alloc_root(inode);
+        root = d_make_root(inode);
         if (!root) {
                 pr_debug("%s: could not get root dentry!\n",__func__);
-                iput(inode);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
         root->d_fsdata = &sysfs_root;