diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 2bd631460e18..83198cb37d8d 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -599,7 +599,14 @@ int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_move);
 
-static void __kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
+/**
+ * kobject_del() - Unlink kobject from hierarchy.
+ * @kobj: object.
+ *
+ * This is the function that should be called to delete an object
+ * successfully added via kobject_add().
+ */
+void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	struct kernfs_node *sd;
 	const struct kobj_type *ktype;
@@ -618,23 +625,9 @@ static void __kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
 
 	kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
 	kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
+	kobject_put(kobj->parent);
 	kobj->parent = NULL;
 }
-
-/**
- * kobject_del() - Unlink kobject from hierarchy.
- * @kobj: object.
- *
- * This is the function that should be called to delete an object
- * successfully added via kobject_add().
- */
-void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
-{
-	struct kobject *parent = kobj->parent;
-
-	__kobject_del(kobj);
-	kobject_put(parent);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
 
 /**
@@ -670,7 +663,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get_unless_zero);
  */
 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
-	struct kobject *parent = kobj->parent;
 	struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
 	const char *name = kobj->name;
 
@@ -692,7 +684,7 @@ static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
 	if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
-		__kobject_del(kobj);
+		kobject_del(kobj);
 	}
 
 	if (t && t->release) {
@@ -706,8 +698,6 @@ static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name);
 		kfree_const(name);
 	}
-
-	kobject_put(parent);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE