1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 3e076caa8daf..ea9120a830d8 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -239,9 +239,13 @@ static int sysfs_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 
 static int sysfs_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-        struct sysfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+        struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
         int is_dir;
 
+        if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+                return -ECHILD;
+
+        sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
         mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
         /* The sysfs dirent has been deleted */