diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 17a8191..c4342a0 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -13,14 +13,26 @@
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 DECLARE_RWSEM(sysfs_rename_sem);
+spinlock_t sysfs_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 
 static void sysfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry, struct inode * inode)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 
 	if (sd) {
-		BUG_ON(sd->s_dentry != dentry);
-		sd->s_dentry = NULL;
+		/* sd->s_dentry is protected with sysfs_lock.  This
+		 * allows sysfs_drop_dentry() to dereference it.
+		 */
+		spin_lock(&sysfs_lock);
+
+		/* The dentry might have been deleted or another
+		 * lookup could have happened updating sd->s_dentry to
+		 * point the new dentry.  Ignore if it isn't pointing
+		 * to this dentry.
+		 */
+		if (sd->s_dentry == dentry)
+			sd->s_dentry = NULL;
+		spin_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
 		sysfs_put(sd);
 	}
 	iput(inode);
@@ -247,7 +259,10 @@
         }
 
 	dentry->d_fsdata = sysfs_get(sd);
+	/* protect sd->s_dentry against sysfs_d_iput */
+	spin_lock(&sysfs_lock);
 	sd->s_dentry = dentry;
+	spin_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
 	error = sysfs_create(dentry, (attr->mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG, init);
 	if (error) {
 		sysfs_put(sd);
@@ -269,7 +284,10 @@
 	int err = 0;
 
 	dentry->d_fsdata = sysfs_get(sd);
+	/* protect sd->s_dentry against sysfs_d_iput */
+	spin_lock(&sysfs_lock);
 	sd->s_dentry = dentry;
+	spin_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
 	err = sysfs_create(dentry, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, init_symlink);
 	if (!err) {
 		dentry->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 38bbe07..5266eec 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -246,9 +246,23 @@
  */
 void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * parent)
 {
-	struct dentry * dentry = sd->s_dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
+	/* We're not holding a reference to ->s_dentry dentry but the
+	 * field will stay valid as long as sysfs_lock is held.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&sysfs_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+
+	/* dget dentry if it's still alive */
+	if (sd->s_dentry && sd->s_dentry->d_inode)
+		dentry = dget_locked(sd->s_dentry);
+
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
+
+	/* drop dentry */
 	if (dentry) {
 		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
@@ -268,6 +282,8 @@
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		}
+
+		dput(dentry);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 1966e1a0..502c949 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 extern void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct dentry *parent);
 extern int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
 
+extern spinlock_t sysfs_lock;
 extern struct rw_semaphore sysfs_rename_sem;
 extern struct super_block * sysfs_sb;
 extern const struct file_operations sysfs_dir_operations;