diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4697d1a1d299..b153822be4d1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9169c01236ab29ce55c93aaf22ec6ecc65c46d1a
+refs/heads/master: 6b9606106ba58d2bd80610f97e06fea58206b47c
diff --git a/trunk/lib/kobject.c b/trunk/lib/kobject.c
index 21dee7c19afd..bbffa2110d43 100644
--- a/trunk/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/trunk/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;
 }