1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index d056e9695cd6..4ce687f0b5d0 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -97,11 +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);