class_name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!class_name)
-               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+               return NULL;
 
        strcpy(class_name, name);
        strcat(class_name, ":");
                return 0;
 
        class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name, &class_dev->kobj);
-       error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, &class_dev->kobj,
-                                 class_name);
+       if (class_name)
+               error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj,
+                                         &class_dev->kobj, class_name);
+       else
+               error = -ENOMEM;
        kfree(class_name);
        return error;
 }
                return;
 
        class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name, &class_dev->kobj);
-       sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
+       if (class_name)
+               sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
        kfree(class_name);
 }
 #else
        if (class_dev->dev) {
                new_class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name,
                                                 &class_dev->kobj);
-               sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, &class_dev->kobj,
-                                 new_class_name);
-               sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, old_class_name);
+               if (new_class_name)
+                       sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj,
+                                         &class_dev->kobj, new_class_name);
+               if (old_class_name)
+                       sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj,
+                                               old_class_name);
        }
 #endif
        class_device_put(class_dev);
 
                                          &dev->kobj, dev->bus_id);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
                if (parent) {
-                       sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->parent->kobj, "device");
-                       class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
-                       sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj, &dev->kobj, class_name);
+                       sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->parent->kobj,
+                                                       "device");
+                       class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name,
+                                                       &dev->kobj);
+                       if (class_name)
+                               sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj,
+                                                 &dev->kobj, class_name);
                }
 #endif
        }
                if (parent) {
                        char *class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name,
                                                           &dev->kobj);
-                       sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj, class_name);
+                       if (class_name)
+                               sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj,
+                                                 class_name);
                        kfree(class_name);
                        sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");
                }
 
        class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
        if (!class_name) {
-               error = PTR_ERR(class_name);
-               class_name = NULL;
+               error = -ENOMEM;
                goto out;
        }
        if (old_parent) {