diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 4ad9422566a84698af49b70a1aa4ea6c9eb75f6b..e301a1207b60cd62aefc4c9cf75c13729b037627 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode, int type)
 
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_active, 0);
-	atomic_set(&sd->s_event, 1);
 
 	sd->s_name = name;
 	sd->s_mode = mode;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index b13ba94cf8ac66d9f2138b1d422784990c8919d5..c05f9618b2dcadf72becd1b840909f6ece369184 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ static spinlock_t sysfs_open_dirent_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 
 struct sysfs_open_dirent {
 	atomic_t		refcnt;
+	atomic_t		event;
+	wait_queue_head_t	poll;
 	struct list_head	buffers; /* goes through sysfs_buffer.list */
 };
 
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer
 	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	buffer->event = atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_event);
+	buffer->event = atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_attr.open->event);
 	count = ops->show(kobj, attr_sd->s_attr.attr, buffer->page);
 
 	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
@@ -301,6 +303,8 @@ static int sysfs_get_open_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	atomic_set(&new_od->refcnt, 0);
+	atomic_set(&new_od->event, 1);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&new_od->poll);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_od->buffers);
 	goto retry;
 }
@@ -443,17 +447,17 @@ static unsigned int sysfs_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = filp->private_data;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_dir.kobj;
+	struct sysfs_open_dirent *od = attr_sd->s_attr.open;
 
 	/* need parent for the kobj, grab both */
 	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
 		goto trigger;
 
-	poll_wait(filp, &kobj->poll, wait);
+	poll_wait(filp, &od->poll, wait);
 
 	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 
-	if (buffer->event != atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_event))
+	if (buffer->event != atomic_read(&od->event))
 		goto trigger;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -474,8 +478,17 @@ void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *k, char *dir, char *attr)
 	if (sd && attr)
 		sd = sysfs_find_dirent(sd, attr);
 	if (sd) {
-		atomic_inc(&sd->s_event);
-		wake_up_interruptible(&k->poll);
+		struct sysfs_open_dirent *od;
+
+		spin_lock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+
+		od = sd->s_attr.open;
+		if (od) {
+			atomic_inc(&od->event);
+			wake_up_interruptible(&od->poll);
+		}
+
+		spin_unlock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 3adce7d5e4f7e506b102f509bb8e5ab611ec6588..269c845c590f3bdca607f1755841184c81582353 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ struct sysfs_dirent {
 	ino_t			s_ino;
 	umode_t			s_mode;
 	struct iattr		*s_iattr;
-	atomic_t		s_event;
 };
 
 #define SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS		INT_MIN
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 0777b3f57ae6f9b605ab6505cd202739c3ec252c..a8a84fcccbc010fb9114cd3c5d808d2e9833b1b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ struct kobject {
 	struct kset		* kset;
 	struct kobj_type	* ktype;
 	struct sysfs_dirent	* sd;
-	wait_queue_head_t	poll;
 };
 
 extern int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *, const char *, ...)
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index e8181d3cec34407b3dafd6a334f8d2fe0a90327e..fc6db6b4bfc59f069ddd89c7d1e9f19bdfb7e5a1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ void kobject_init(struct kobject * kobj)
 		return;
 	kref_init(&kobj->kref);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&kobj->poll);
 	kobj->kset = kset_get(kobj->kset);
 }