1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index dc4d3f5ce820..0ae811785c59 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1227,6 +1227,8 @@ int mod_sysfs_init(struct module *mod)
 
         kobject_init(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
 
+        /* delay uevent until full sysfs population */
+        err = kobject_add(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
 out:
         return err;
 }
@@ -1237,11 +1239,6 @@ int mod_sysfs_setup(struct module *mod,
 {
         int err;
 
-        /* delay uevent until full sysfs population */
-        err = kobject_add(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
-        if (err)
-                goto out;
-
         mod->holders_dir = kobject_create_and_add("holders", &mod->mkobj.kobj);
         if (!mod->holders_dir) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1266,7 +1263,6 @@ out_unreg_holders:
 out_unreg:
         kobject_del(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
         kobject_put(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
-out:
         return err;
 }
 #endif
@@ -1883,10 +1879,10 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
         /* Now we've moved module, initialize linked lists, etc. */
         module_unload_init(mod);
 
-        /* Initialize kobject, so we can reference it. */
+        /* add kobject, so we can reference it. */
         err = mod_sysfs_init(mod);
         if (err)
-                goto cleanup;
+                goto free_unload;
 
         /* Set up license info based on the info section */
         set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license"));
@@ -2056,6 +2052,9 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
  arch_cleanup:
         module_arch_cleanup(mod);
  cleanup:
+        kobject_del(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
+        kobject_put(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
+ free_unload:
         module_unload_free(mod);
         module_free(mod, mod->module_init);
  free_core: