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-rw-r--r--lib/kobject.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 9aed594bfcac..c033dc8fa9af 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
/**
* kobject_move - move object to another parent
* @kobj: object in question.
- * @new_parent: object's new parent
+ * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
*/
int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
return -EINVAL;
new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
if (!new_parent) {
- error = -EINVAL;
- goto out;
+ if (kobj->kset)
+ new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
}
/* old object path */
devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);