diff --git a/fs/configfs/mount.c b/fs/configfs/mount.c
index 54bf0db..de3b31d 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/mount.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 	err = register_filesystem(&configfs_fs_type);
 	if (err) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "configfs: Unable to register filesystem!\n");
-		kobject_unregister(config_kobj);
+		kobject_put(config_kobj);
 		kmem_cache_destroy(configfs_dir_cachep);
 		configfs_dir_cachep = NULL;
 		goto out;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 	err = configfs_inode_init();
 	if (err) {
 		unregister_filesystem(&configfs_fs_type);
-		kobject_unregister(config_kobj);
+		kobject_put(config_kobj);
 		kmem_cache_destroy(configfs_dir_cachep);
 		configfs_dir_cachep = NULL;
 	}
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 static void __exit configfs_exit(void)
 {
 	unregister_filesystem(&configfs_fs_type);
-	kobject_unregister(config_kobj);
+	kobject_put(config_kobj);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(configfs_dir_cachep);
 	configfs_dir_cachep = NULL;
 	configfs_inode_exit();
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 97f6381..d26e282 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
 
 	retval = register_filesystem(&debug_fs_type);
 	if (retval)
-		kobject_unregister(debug_kobj);
+		kobject_put(debug_kobj);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 {
 	simple_release_fs(&debugfs_mount, &debugfs_mount_count);
 	unregister_filesystem(&debug_fs_type);
-	kobject_unregister(debug_kobj);
+	kobject_put(debug_kobj);
 }
 
 core_initcall(debugfs_init);
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index b750f13..5c108c4 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
 	kfree(ls->ls_rsbtbl);
  out_lsfree:
 	if (do_unreg)
-		kobject_unregister(&ls->ls_kobj);
+		kobject_put(&ls->ls_kobj);
 	else
 		kfree(ls);
  out:
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@
 	dlm_clear_members(ls);
 	dlm_clear_members_gone(ls);
 	kfree(ls->ls_node_array);
-	kobject_unregister(&ls->ls_kobj);
+	kobject_put(&ls->ls_kobj);
 	/* The ls structure will be freed when the kobject is done with */
 
 	mutex_lock(&ls_lock);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
index 4f13321..0249aa4 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "Unable to create ecryptfs version attributes\n");
-		kobject_unregister(ecryptfs_kobj);
+		kobject_put(ecryptfs_kobj);
 	}
 out:
 	return rc;
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@
 static void do_sysfs_unregistration(void)
 {
 	sysfs_remove_group(ecryptfs_kobj, &attr_group);
-	kobject_unregister(ecryptfs_kobj);
+	kobject_put(ecryptfs_kobj);
 }
 
 static int __init ecryptfs_init(void)
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index e6e23a2..e5e80d1 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -810,15 +810,15 @@
 	return 0;
 
  out_fuse_unregister:
-	kobject_unregister(fuse_kobj);
+	kobject_put(fuse_kobj);
  out_err:
 	return err;
 }
 
 static void fuse_sysfs_cleanup(void)
 {
-	kobject_unregister(connections_kobj);
-	kobject_unregister(fuse_kobj);
+	kobject_put(connections_kobj);
+	kobject_put(fuse_kobj);
 }
 
 static int __init fuse_init(void)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c b/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c
index a7336b9..a87b098 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 
 void gdlm_kobject_release(struct gdlm_ls *ls)
 {
-	kobject_unregister(&ls->kobj);
+	kobject_put(&ls->kobj);
 }
 
 int gdlm_sysfs_init(void)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/sys.c b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
index 8d9cd5b..3a3176b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/sys.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@
 fail_lockstruct:
 	sysfs_remove_group(&sdp->sd_kobj, &lockstruct_group);
 fail_reg:
-	kobject_unregister(&sdp->sd_kobj);
+	kobject_put(&sdp->sd_kobj);
 fail:
 	fs_err(sdp, "error %d adding sysfs files", error);
 	return error;
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
 	sysfs_remove_group(&sdp->sd_kobj, &args_group);
 	sysfs_remove_group(&sdp->sd_kobj, &counters_group);
 	sysfs_remove_group(&sdp->sd_kobj, &lockstruct_group);
-	kobject_unregister(&sdp->sd_kobj);
+	kobject_put(&sdp->sd_kobj);
 }
 
 int gfs2_sys_init(void)
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 97f3f5f..739da70 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 	p->nr_sects = 0;
 	p->ios[0] = p->ios[1] = 0;
 	p->sectors[0] = p->sectors[1] = 0;
-	kobject_unregister(p->holder_dir);
+	kobject_put(p->holder_dir);
 	device_del(&p->dev);
 	put_device(&p->dev);
 }
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@
 	disk_stat_set_all(disk, 0);
 	disk->stamp = 0;
 
-	kobject_unregister(disk->holder_dir);
-	kobject_unregister(disk->slave_dir);
+	kobject_put(disk->holder_dir);
+	kobject_put(disk->slave_dir);
 	disk->driverfs_dev = NULL;
 #ifndef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
 	sysfs_remove_link(block_depr, disk->dev.bus_id);