diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index e5c4e711805048dae0ede17e445d1dafbb83a4aa..2fea501889e756774da3ccd110088ff08c0d354e 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int sysfs_create_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj, const void *ns)
 	if (kobj->parent)
 		parent_sd = kobj->parent->sd;
 	else
-		parent_sd = &sysfs_root;
+		parent_sd = sysfs_root_sd;
 
 	if (!parent_sd)
 		return -ENOENT;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ int sysfs_move_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent_kobj,
 
 	BUG_ON(!sd->s_parent);
 	new_parent_sd = new_parent_kobj && new_parent_kobj->sd ?
-		new_parent_kobj->sd : &sysfs_root;
+		new_parent_kobj->sd : sysfs_root_sd;
 
 	return kernfs_rename_ns(sd, new_parent_sd, sd->s_name, new_ns);
 }
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 0c80f03790167c4513f9a43eee4b5e146cb8becd..7cbd1fce28262f8a3c42bb16450d6c33a47a5346 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static const struct super_operations sysfs_ops = {
 	.evict_inode	= sysfs_evict_inode,
 };
 
-struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root = {
+static struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root = {
 	.s_name		= "",
 	.s_count	= ATOMIC_INIT(1),
 	.s_flags	= SYSFS_DIR,
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root = {
 	.s_ino		= 1,
 };
 
+struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_root_sd = &sysfs_root;
+
 static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	/* get root inode, initialize and unlock it */
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-	inode = sysfs_get_inode(sb, &sysfs_root);
+	inode = sysfs_get_inode(sb, sysfs_root_sd);
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
 	if (!inode) {
 		pr_debug("sysfs: could not get root inode\n");
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb)
 		pr_debug("%s: could not get root dentry!\n", __func__);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	root->d_fsdata = &sysfs_root;
+	root->d_fsdata = sysfs_root_sd;
 	sb->s_root = root;
 	sb->s_d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 6797c9c2e43af3064166385267e99e924934e26e..62f0e014ec4898f1085d716204ff121b9c6dbbc0 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int sysfs_do_create_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target,
 	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = NULL;
 
 	if (!kobj)
-		parent_sd = &sysfs_root;
+		parent_sd = sysfs_root_sd;
 	else
 		parent_sd = kobj->sd;
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name)
 	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = NULL;
 
 	if (!kobj)
-		parent_sd = &sysfs_root;
+		parent_sd = sysfs_root_sd;
 	else
 		parent_sd = kobj->sd;
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int sysfs_rename_link_ns(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *targ,
 	int result;
 
 	if (!kobj)
-		parent_sd = &sysfs_root;
+		parent_sd = sysfs_root_sd;
 	else
 		parent_sd = kobj->sd;
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index ce97907e2894d9b6d232fb05c006e5b0981f7a12..2b217cef90be1ec9fa24c9798740dcaef1683f14 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct sysfs_super_info {
 	const void		*ns;
 };
 #define sysfs_info(SB) ((struct sysfs_super_info *)(SB->s_fs_info))
-extern struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root;
+extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_root_sd;
 extern struct kmem_cache *sysfs_dir_cachep;
 
 /*