1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index b463f17f6638..d96bb9cbc9d4 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobj
 {
         struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = parent->d_fsdata;
         struct sysfs_symlink * sl;
+        struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
         int error;
 
         error = -ENOMEM;
@@ -63,10 +64,10 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobj
         strcpy(sl->link_name, name);
         sl->target_kobj = kobject_get(target);
 
-        error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, sl, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
-                                SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
-        if (error)
+        sd = sysfs_new_dirent(sl, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
+        if (!sd)
                 goto err_out;
+        sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
 
         return 0;