diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 1bdc42f4fd93a92db8e2cd486103afc272f729b5..481fdec09f4edf3a7ca7e7882edd9ac1479d48f3 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ static void sysfs_deactivate(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 	int v;
 
 	BUG_ON(sd->s_sibling || !(sd->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED));
+
+	if (!(sysfs_type(sd) & SYSFS_ACTIVE_REF))
+		return;
+
 	sd->s_sibling = (void *)&wait;
 
 	rwsem_acquire(&sd->dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_);
@@ -315,7 +319,6 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode, int type)
 
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_active, 0);
-	sysfs_dirent_init_lockdep(sd);
 
 	sd->s_name = name;
 	sd->s_mode = mode;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 40961366e929ac4d1a18a3f13a2e5dc7494b90d6..e222b25827461385fb780091956a61cb95c0330e 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ int sysfs_add_file_mode(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd,
 	if (!sd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	sd->s_attr.attr = (void *)attr;
+	sysfs_dirent_init_lockdep(sd);
 
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, dir_sd);
 	rc = sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index bb7723c4f5a5f4997bf5eb35f9abc8635273863b..7db6884f420662b64896e7d737259011aa649aa8 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct sysfs_dirent {
 #define SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR		0x0004
 #define SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK			0x0008
 #define SYSFS_COPY_NAME			(SYSFS_DIR | SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
+#define SYSFS_ACTIVE_REF		(SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR | SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR)
 
 #define SYSFS_FLAG_MASK			~SYSFS_TYPE_MASK
 #define SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED		0x0200