diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 352d26d..26f370a 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -384,6 +384,13 @@
 {
 	struct sysfs_inode_attrs *ps_iattr;
 
+	if (!!sysfs_ns_type(acxt->parent_sd) != !!sd->s_ns) {
+		WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "sysfs: ns %s in '%s' for '%s'\n",
+			sysfs_ns_type(acxt->parent_sd)? "required": "invalid",
+			acxt->parent_sd->s_name, sd->s_name);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (sysfs_find_dirent(acxt->parent_sd, sd->s_ns, sd->s_name))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
@@ -542,6 +549,13 @@
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
+	if (!!sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd) != !!ns) {
+		WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "sysfs: ns %s in '%s' for '%s'\n",
+			sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd)? "required": "invalid",
+			parent_sd->s_name, name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	for (sd = parent_sd->s_dir.children; sd; sd = sd->s_sibling) {
 		if (sd->s_ns != ns)
 			continue;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 07c1b4e..d4e6080b 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -466,9 +466,6 @@
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
 	if (sd && dir)
-		/* Only directories are tagged, so no need to pass
-		 * a tag explicitly.
-		 */
 		sd = sysfs_find_dirent(sd, NULL, dir);
 	if (sd && attr)
 		sd = sysfs_find_dirent(sd, NULL, attr);