diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1b16ac4d0b0e..7b6eba2a8083 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 722385f75efd82d9f480f0765a1e97a4d83cac0d
+refs/heads/master: e42344514c6e8ca7f5427da9b1407b56550dfa01
diff --git a/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c b/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 146f1dedec84..93218ccb2f6b 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -483,11 +483,6 @@ int sysfs_update_file(struct kobject * kobj, const struct attribute * attr)
 		    (victim->d_parent->d_inode == dir->d_inode)) {
 			victim->d_inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 			fsnotify_modify(victim);
-
-			/**
-			 * Drop reference from initial sysfs_get_dentry().
-			 */
-			dput(victim);
 			res = 0;
 		} else
 			d_drop(victim);