diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 79ff3fb0d949..5c1e12a1b583 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8218ef80932aa7e5e3d20c929a640c8d82133a9a
+refs/heads/master: e80a5dea8e056d8f398be1900d61c581d379f02f
diff --git a/trunk/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/trunk/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 59734ba1ee60..d36780382176 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject * k, struct dentry * p,
 			}
 		}
 		if (error && (error != -EEXIST)) {
-			sysfs_put((*d)->d_fsdata);
+			struct sysfs_dirent *sd = (*d)->d_fsdata;
+			if (sd) {
+ 				list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+				sysfs_put(sd);
+			}
 			d_drop(*d);
 		}
 		dput(*d);