1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 140f26a34288..52c3bdb66a84 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	}
 
 	/* instantiate and link root dentry */
-	root = d_alloc_root(inode);
+	root = d_make_root(inode);
 	if (!root) {
 		pr_debug("%s: could not get root dentry!\n",__func__);
-		iput(inode);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	root->d_fsdata = &sysfs_root;