1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index aeefa8bc8b1c..e07ee1fcd6f1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -47,13 +47,11 @@ static int populate_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
         int error = 0;
-        if (kobject_name(kobj)) {
-                error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
-                if (!error) {
-                        error = populate_dir(kobj);
-                        if (error)
-                                sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
-                }
+        error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
+        if (!error) {
+                error = populate_dir(kobj);
+                if (error)
+                        sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
         }
         return error;
 }
@@ -634,7 +632,7 @@ struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
 /**
  * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
  *
- * @name: the name for the kset
+ * @name: the name for the kobject
  * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
  *
  * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it