diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c
index 2d5a2c932ddc..ada50b69c5f6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c
@@ -1093,8 +1093,10 @@ static int ldlm_cleanup(void)
 		kset_unregister(ldlm_ns_kset);
 	if (ldlm_svc_kset)
 		kset_unregister(ldlm_svc_kset);
-	if (ldlm_kobj)
+	if (ldlm_kobj) {
+		sysfs_remove_group(ldlm_kobj, &ldlm_attr_group);
 		kobject_put(ldlm_kobj);
+	}
 
 	ldlm_debugfs_cleanup();