diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index 41645142b88b4698300cc89bbad15c613e10d6fd..cf78d44a8d6a8bcff1a546e3606058de97e90722 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ int configfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 	if (!sd)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	error = simple_setattr(dentry, iattr);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
 	sd_iattr = sd->s_iattr;
 	if (!sd_iattr) {
 		/* setting attributes for the first time, allocate now */
@@ -89,9 +85,12 @@ int configfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 		sd_iattr->ia_atime = sd_iattr->ia_mtime = sd_iattr->ia_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		sd->s_iattr = sd_iattr;
 	}
-
 	/* attributes were changed atleast once in past */
 
+	error = simple_setattr(dentry, iattr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
 		sd_iattr->ia_uid = iattr->ia_uid;
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_GID)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index bde1a4c3679a3c38bb5005a473fce4c8e3037e54..0835a3b70e03b01738a8ef18493e1c6180432acd 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -117,11 +117,13 @@ int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
+	error = sysfs_sd_setattr(sd, iattr);
+	if (error)
+		goto out;
+
 	/* this ignores size changes */
 	generic_setattr(inode, iattr);
 
-	error = sysfs_sd_setattr(sd, iattr);
-
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
 	return error;
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 59c15511d58ab9da74ed6d77fed198b666235c6b..b93579504dfaaafee092156c113b36130b0758a7 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET
 static int kobj_bcast_filter(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
 {
 	struct kobject *kobj = data;
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ static int kobj_bcast_filter(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+#endif
 
 static int kobj_usermode_filter(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
@@ -378,6 +380,7 @@ static int uevent_net_init(struct net *net)
 	if (!ue_sk->sk) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "kobject_uevent: unable to create netlink socket!\n");
+		kfree(ue_sk);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&uevent_sock_mutex);