diff --git a/kernel/ksysfs.c b/kernel/ksysfs.c
index 1081aff5fb9efad74a16fefe0160d2ed097f473d..e53bc30e9ba5aa8b55311fd6700191b0f21a9597 100644
--- a/kernel/ksysfs.c
+++ b/kernel/ksysfs.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int __init ksysfs_init(void)
 group_exit:
 	sysfs_remove_group(kernel_kobj, &kernel_attr_group);
 kset_exit:
-	kobject_unregister(kernel_kobj);
+	kobject_put(kernel_kobj);
 exit:
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 89cd4c7361d8ba3b77bc4d3013574baf8c81c50e..dcb8a2cbf75e2152496ebe4ca25d19ac50018401 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1257,9 +1257,8 @@ int mod_sysfs_setup(struct module *mod,
 out_unreg_param:
 	module_param_sysfs_remove(mod);
 out_unreg_holders:
-	kobject_unregister(mod->holders_dir);
+	kobject_put(mod->holders_dir);
 out_unreg:
-	kobject_del(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
 	kobject_put(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1269,9 +1268,9 @@ static void mod_kobject_remove(struct module *mod)
 {
 	module_remove_modinfo_attrs(mod);
 	module_param_sysfs_remove(mod);
-	kobject_unregister(mod->mkobj.drivers_dir);
-	kobject_unregister(mod->holders_dir);
-	kobject_unregister(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
+	kobject_put(mod->mkobj.drivers_dir);
+	kobject_put(mod->holders_dir);
+	kobject_put(&mod->mkobj.kobj);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 4fce5ca42c2e7facb093784e06d46571b4a6ffb3..462946ee3e64c14dc28f9c420f18a1273eb92c0a 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
  *
  * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
  * with sysfs.  When you are finished with this structure, call
- * kobject_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
+ * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
  * it is no longer being used.
  *
  * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ void kset_unregister(struct kset * k)
 {
 	if (!k)
 		return;
-	kobject_unregister(&k->kobj);
+	kobject_put(&k->kobj);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index 4e7f91fafeddf44ebbd03773ca4134fb8225ec23..9cf0538d1717e4b633c6bc2e732bd64582b1ca42 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ void br_sysfs_delbr(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct kobject *kobj = &dev->dev.kobj;
 	struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	kobject_unregister(br->ifobj);
+	kobject_put(br->ifobj);
 	sysfs_remove_bin_file(kobj, &bridge_forward);
 	sysfs_remove_group(kobj, &bridge_group);
 }
diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index def0cc1b07f235fcbab3be073d12ae4b43610347..acc6cf0d79001fa06d53c5b592fb4c90f5ea88a2 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static int __init securityfs_init(void)
 
 	retval = register_filesystem(&fs_type);
 	if (retval)
-		kobject_unregister(security_kobj);
+		kobject_put(security_kobj);
 	return retval;
 }