diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 732fd7f371e0d7467e35242037f1771809c4c1e7..ee31bf369a88b1eaf647aae9ea4c30695140dcc2 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent **pos, *sd;
-	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd;
 	int found = 0;
 
 	if (!dir)
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name)
 		/* no inode means this hasn't been made visible yet */
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
 	mutex_lock_nested(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	for (pos = &parent_sd->s_children; *pos; pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling) {
 		sd = *pos;