diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 0050fc40e8c9f373a3f7c61855870ad7d4a1952c..5fad489ce5bcde2ab514e3108f112cd5de005f17 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -894,7 +894,8 @@ int sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent_kobj)
 
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_rename_mutex);
 	BUG_ON(!sd->s_parent);
-	new_parent_sd = new_parent_kobj->sd ? new_parent_kobj->sd : &sysfs_root;
+	new_parent_sd = (new_parent_kobj && new_parent_kobj->sd) ?
+		new_parent_kobj->sd : &sysfs_root;
 
 	error = 0;
 	if (sd->s_parent == new_parent_sd)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 561a9c050cef687ebc48649af895f163572c2476..f5ea4680f15fdca8a009f66a979bd6d3805244f6 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static int sysfs_get_open_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 	struct sysfs_open_dirent *od, *new_od = NULL;
 
  retry:
-	spin_lock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
 
 	if (!sd->s_attr.open && new_od) {
 		sd->s_attr.open = new_od;
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int sysfs_get_open_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 		list_add_tail(&buffer->list, &od->buffers);
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
 
 	if (od) {
 		kfree(new_od);
@@ -315,8 +315,9 @@ static void sysfs_put_open_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 				  struct sysfs_buffer *buffer)
 {
 	struct sysfs_open_dirent *od = sd->s_attr.open;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock, flags);
 
 	list_del(&buffer->list);
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&od->refcnt))
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ static void sysfs_put_open_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 	else
 		od = NULL;
 
-	spin_unlock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock, flags);
 
 	kfree(od);
 }
@@ -456,8 +457,9 @@ static unsigned int sysfs_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 void sysfs_notify_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	struct sysfs_open_dirent *od;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock, flags);
 
 	od = sd->s_attr.open;
 	if (od) {
@@ -465,7 +467,7 @@ void sysfs_notify_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 		wake_up_interruptible(&od->poll);
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_notify_dirent);