diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 4c29ac41ac3e..f0b347bd12ca 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ const unsigned char * sysfs_get_name(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 	struct bin_attribute * bin_attr;
 	struct sysfs_symlink  * sl;
 
-	if (!sd || !sd->s_element)
-		BUG();
+	BUG_ON(!sd || !sd->s_element);
 
 	switch (sd->s_type) {
 		case SYSFS_DIR: