diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2765c4680c8a..908f3c46832d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2ee97caf0a6602f749ddbfdb1449e383e1212707
+refs/heads/master: a1da4dfe35bc36c3bc9716d995c85b7983c38a76
diff --git a/trunk/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/trunk/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 2f86e0422290..d056e9695cd6 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char
 	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
 	if (!sd)
 		goto out_put;
+
 	sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd = target_sd;
+	target_sd = NULL;	/* reference is now owned by the symlink */
 
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd);