1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 2f86e0422290..4ce687f0b5d0 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char
         sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
         if (!sd)
                 goto out_put;
+
         sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd = target_sd;
+        target_sd = NULL;       /* reference is now owned by the symlink */
 
         sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd);
 
@@ -95,11 +97,13 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char
                 sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
         }
 
-        if (sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt))
-                return 0;
+        if (!sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt)) {
+                error = -EEXIST;
+                goto out_put;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
 
-        error = -EEXIST;
-        /* fall through */
  out_put:
         sysfs_put(target_sd);
         sysfs_put(sd);