1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 44bca5f49cd5..660383321347 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void sysfs_delete_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *targ,
 {
         const void *ns = NULL;
         spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-        if (targ->sd)
+        if (targ->sd && sysfs_ns_type(kobj->sd))
                 ns = targ->sd->s_ns;
         spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
         sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->sd, ns, name);