diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ksysfs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ksysfs.c
index 4b0592ca9e47b332d0ce67f8bcf5f555653587b2..8c1cc08f514f4362bdaefa933fda3cd3769b04f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ksysfs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ksysfs.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static int __init create_setup_data_nodes(struct kobject *parent)
 	return 0;
 
 out_clean_nodes:
-	for (j = i - 1; j > 0; j--)
+	for (j = i - 1; j >= 0; j--)
 		cleanup_setup_data_node(*(kobjp + j));
 	kfree(kobjp);
 out_setup_data_kobj: