diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 4522e0755773..e081acbac2e7 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -56,10 +56,19 @@ static void configfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry,
 	struct configfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 
 	if (sd) {
-		BUG_ON(sd->s_dentry != dentry);
 		/* Coordinate with configfs_readdir */
 		spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
-		sd->s_dentry = NULL;
+		/* Coordinate with configfs_attach_attr where will increase
+		 * sd->s_count and update sd->s_dentry to new allocated one.
+		 * Only set sd->dentry to null when this dentry is the only
+		 * sd owner.
+		 * If not do so, configfs_d_iput may run just after
+		 * configfs_attach_attr and set sd->s_dentry to null
+		 * even it's still in use.
+		 */
+		if (atomic_read(&sd->s_count) <= 2)
+			sd->s_dentry = NULL;
+
 		spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
 		configfs_put(sd);
 	}
@@ -416,8 +425,11 @@ static int configfs_attach_attr(struct configfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * den
 	struct configfs_attribute * attr = sd->s_element;
 	int error;
 
+	spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
 	dentry->d_fsdata = configfs_get(sd);
 	sd->s_dentry = dentry;
+	spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
+
 	error = configfs_create(dentry, (attr->ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG,
 				configfs_init_file);
 	if (error) {