1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index e38d6338a20d..fe23f47f6e43 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -82,12 +82,13 @@ exit1:
 int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char * name)
 {
         struct dentry * dentry = kobj->dentry;
-        int error = 0;
+        int error = -EEXIST;
 
         BUG_ON(!kobj || !kobj->dentry || !name);
 
         mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-        error = sysfs_add_link(dentry, name, target);
+        if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(dentry->d_fsdata, name))
+                error = sysfs_add_link(dentry, name, target);
         mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
         return error;
 }