diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 3b112e3542f8..ce23dc8c18c5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ void class_device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt)
 int class_device_rename(struct class_device *class_dev, char *new_name)
 {
 	int error = 0;
+	char *old_class_name = NULL, *new_class_name = NULL;
 
 	class_dev = class_device_get(class_dev);
 	if (!class_dev)
@@ -677,12 +678,24 @@ int class_device_rename(struct class_device *class_dev, char *new_name)
 	pr_debug("CLASS: renaming '%s' to '%s'\n", class_dev->class_id,
 		 new_name);
 
+	if (class_dev->dev)
+		old_class_name = make_class_name(class_dev);
+
 	strlcpy(class_dev->class_id, new_name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN);
 
 	error = kobject_rename(&class_dev->kobj, new_name);
 
+	if (class_dev->dev) {
+		new_class_name = make_class_name(class_dev);
+		sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, &class_dev->kobj,
+				  new_class_name);
+		sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, old_class_name);
+	}
 	class_device_put(class_dev);
 
+	kfree(old_class_name);
+	kfree(new_class_name);
+
 	return error;
 }