diff --git a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
index 4d45705..8a19889 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 				       struct kernfs_node *target)
 {
 	struct kernfs_node *kn;
-	struct kernfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
 	int error;
 
 	kn = kernfs_new_node(parent, name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, KERNFS_LINK);
@@ -39,10 +38,7 @@
 	kn->symlink.target_kn = target;
 	kernfs_get(target);	/* ref owned by symlink */
 
-	kernfs_addrm_start(&acxt);
-	error = kernfs_add_one(&acxt, kn);
-	kernfs_addrm_finish(&acxt);
-
+	error = kernfs_add_one(kn);
 	if (!error)
 		return kn;