diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 37ff9ff..6d3a624 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	.s_sibling	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysfs_root.s_sibling),
 	.s_children	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysfs_root.s_children),
 	.s_type		= SYSFS_ROOT,
+	.s_mode		= S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
 	.s_iattr	= NULL,
 	.s_ino		= 1,
 };
@@ -45,18 +46,19 @@
 	sb->s_time_gran = 1;
 	sysfs_sb = sb;
 
-	inode = sysfs_new_inode(S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
-				 &sysfs_root);
-	if (inode) {
-		inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
-		inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
-		/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-		inc_nlink(inode);
-	} else {
+	inode = new_inode(sysfs_sb);
+	if (!inode) {
 		pr_debug("sysfs: could not get root inode\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	sysfs_init_inode(&sysfs_root, inode);
+
+	inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
+	inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
+	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
+	inc_nlink(inode);
+
 	root = d_alloc_root(inode);
 	if (!root) {
 		pr_debug("%s: could not get root dentry!\n",__FUNCTION__);