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-rw-r--r--fs/kernfs/dir.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 61a8edc4ba8b..e205fde7163a 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -1406,7 +1406,12 @@ static void __kernfs_remove(struct kernfs_node *kn)
*/
void kernfs_remove(struct kernfs_node *kn)
{
- struct kernfs_root *root = kernfs_root(kn);
+ struct kernfs_root *root;
+
+ if (!kn)
+ return;
+
+ root = kernfs_root(kn);
down_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
__kernfs_remove(kn);