struct sysfs_open_dirent {
        atomic_t                refcnt;
+       atomic_t                event;
+       wait_queue_head_t       poll;
        struct list_head        buffers; /* goes through sysfs_buffer.list */
 };
 
        if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
                return -ENODEV;
 
-       buffer->event = atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_event);
+       buffer->event = atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_attr.open->event);
        count = ops->show(kobj, attr_sd->s_attr.attr, buffer->page);
 
        sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        atomic_set(&new_od->refcnt, 0);
+       atomic_set(&new_od->event, 1);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&new_od->poll);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_od->buffers);
        goto retry;
 }
 {
        struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = filp->private_data;
        struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-       struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_dir.kobj;
+       struct sysfs_open_dirent *od = attr_sd->s_attr.open;
 
        /* need parent for the kobj, grab both */
        if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
                goto trigger;
 
-       poll_wait(filp, &kobj->poll, wait);
+       poll_wait(filp, &od->poll, wait);
 
        sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 
-       if (buffer->event != atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_event))
+       if (buffer->event != atomic_read(&od->event))
                goto trigger;
 
        return 0;
        if (sd && attr)
                sd = sysfs_find_dirent(sd, attr);
        if (sd) {
-               atomic_inc(&sd->s_event);
-               wake_up_interruptible(&k->poll);
+               struct sysfs_open_dirent *od;
+
+               spin_lock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+
+               od = sd->s_attr.open;
+               if (od) {
+                       atomic_inc(&od->event);
+                       wake_up_interruptible(&od->poll);
+               }
+
+               spin_unlock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
        }
 
        mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);