1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 718e2e123fae..60717660ac55 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ struct sysfs_elem_dir {
 };
 
 struct sysfs_elem_symlink {
-        struct kobject          * target_kobj;
+        struct sysfs_dirent     * target_sd;
 };
 
 struct sysfs_elem_attr {
@@ -100,10 +100,11 @@ static inline struct kobject *sysfs_get_kobject(struct dentry *dentry)
         spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
         if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
                 struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
                 if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
-                        kobj = kobject_get(sd->s_elem.symlink.target_kobj);
-                else
-                        kobj = kobject_get(sd->s_elem.dir.kobj);
+                        sd = sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd;
+
+                kobj = kobject_get(sd->s_elem.dir.kobj);
         }
         spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);