diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index ff605d3..45b62e2 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(dentry->d_fsdata, name))
+	if (!sysfs_find_dirent(dentry->d_fsdata, name))
 		error = sysfs_add_link(parent_sd, name, target_sd);
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);