1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 2782f49e906e..f4f6176dcd12 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *shadow_parent)
                 return -ENOENT;
         if (!kobj->k_name)
                 kobj->k_name = kobj->name;
-        if (!kobj->k_name) {
+        if (!*kobj->k_name) {
                 pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
                 WARN_ON(1);
                 return -EINVAL;
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
 /**
  *      kobject_rename - change the name of an object
  *      @kobj:  object in question.
+ *      @new_parent: object's new parent
  *      @new_name: object's new name
  */