sysfs_remove_link() causes a warning if the parent directory does not exist. That can happen if the device link consumer has not been registered. So do not attempt sysfs_remove_link() in that case. Fixes: 287905e68dd29 ("driver core: Expose device link details in sysfs") Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/core.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index ea5b85354526..2de8f7d8cf54 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -575,8 +575,10 @@ static void devlink_remove_symlinks(struct device *dev, return; } - snprintf(buf, len, "supplier:%s:%s", dev_bus_name(sup), dev_name(sup)); - sysfs_remove_link(&con->kobj, buf); + if (device_is_registered(con)) { + snprintf(buf, len, "supplier:%s:%s", dev_bus_name(sup), dev_name(sup)); + sysfs_remove_link(&con->kobj, buf); + } snprintf(buf, len, "consumer:%s:%s", dev_bus_name(con), dev_name(con)); sysfs_remove_link(&sup->kobj, buf); kfree(buf); -- 2.17.1