1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index a6b13f12b0e7..8ad38bccc0e4 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -60,10 +60,9 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char
 
         BUG_ON(!name);
 
-        if (!kobj) {
-                if (sysfs_mount && sysfs_mount->mnt_sb)
-                        parent_sd = sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root->d_fsdata;
-        } else
+        if (!kobj)
+                parent_sd = &sysfs_root;
+        else
                 parent_sd = kobj->sd;
 
         error = -EFAULT;