diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index b6ac4e6d6e79..c40fb9fdd04c 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -157,11 +157,6 @@ static void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
 
 	/* initialize inode according to type */
 	switch (sysfs_type(sd)) {
-	case SYSFS_ROOT:
-		inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
-		inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
-		inc_nlink(inode); /* directory, account for "." */
-		break;
 	case SYSFS_DIR:
 		inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 28bf359981fc..465902c18d31 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ static const struct super_operations sysfs_ops = {
 };
 
 struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root = {
+	.s_name		= "",
 	.s_count	= ATOMIC_INIT(1),
-	.s_flags	= SYSFS_ROOT,
+	.s_flags	= SYSFS_DIR,
 	.s_mode		= S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
 	.s_ino		= 1,
 };
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 2a68bfa46e43..60405a6e4c22 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ struct sysfs_dirent {
 #define SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS		INT_MIN
 
 #define SYSFS_TYPE_MASK			0x00ff
-#define SYSFS_ROOT			0x0001
-#define SYSFS_DIR			0x0002
-#define SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR			0x0004
-#define SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR		0x0008
-#define SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK			0x0020
+#define SYSFS_DIR			0x0001
+#define SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR			0x0002
+#define SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR		0x0004
+#define SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK			0x0008
 #define SYSFS_COPY_NAME			(SYSFS_DIR | SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
 
 #define SYSFS_FLAG_MASK			~SYSFS_TYPE_MASK