1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 511edef8b321..2bab1b4ddf5a 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -378,12 +378,10 @@ int sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
         struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent_sd, *sd;
         int error;
 
-        if (!new_parent)
-                return -EINVAL;
-
         old_parent_dentry = kobj->parent ?
                 kobj->parent->dentry : sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
-        new_parent_dentry = new_parent->dentry;
+        new_parent_dentry = new_parent ?
+                new_parent->dentry : sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
 
 again:
         mutex_lock(&old_parent_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);