diff -puN fs/ocfs2/filecheck.c~ocfs2-add-kobject-for-online-file-check fs/ocfs2/filecheck.c
--- a/fs/ocfs2/filecheck.c~ocfs2-add-kobject-for-online-file-check
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/filecheck.c
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ static const char * const ocfs2_filechec
 	"UNSUPPORTED"
 };
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_lock);
-static LIST_HEAD(ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_list);
-
 struct ocfs2_filecheck_entry {
 	struct list_head fe_list;
 	unsigned long fe_ino;
@@ -83,34 +80,84 @@ ocfs2_filecheck_error(int errno)
 	return ocfs2_filecheck_errs[errno - OCFS2_FILECHECK_ERR_START + 1];
 }
 
-static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_show(struct kobject *kobj,
-				    struct kobj_attribute *attr,
-				    char *buf);
-static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_store(struct kobject *kobj,
-				     struct kobj_attribute *attr,
-				     const char *buf, size_t count);
-static struct kobj_attribute ocfs2_attr_filecheck_chk =
+static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+					struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+					char *buf);
+static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+					struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+					const char *buf, size_t count);
+static struct kobj_attribute ocfs2_filecheck_attr_chk =
 					__ATTR(check, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-					ocfs2_filecheck_show,
-					ocfs2_filecheck_store);
-static struct kobj_attribute ocfs2_attr_filecheck_fix =
+					ocfs2_filecheck_attr_show,
+					ocfs2_filecheck_attr_store);
+static struct kobj_attribute ocfs2_filecheck_attr_fix =
 					__ATTR(fix, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-					ocfs2_filecheck_show,
-					ocfs2_filecheck_store);
-static struct kobj_attribute ocfs2_attr_filecheck_set =
+					ocfs2_filecheck_attr_show,
+					ocfs2_filecheck_attr_store);
+static struct kobj_attribute ocfs2_filecheck_attr_set =
 					__ATTR(set, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-					ocfs2_filecheck_show,
-					ocfs2_filecheck_store);
+					ocfs2_filecheck_attr_show,
+					ocfs2_filecheck_attr_store);
+static struct attribute *ocfs2_filecheck_attrs[] = {
+	&ocfs2_filecheck_attr_chk.attr,
+	&ocfs2_filecheck_attr_fix.attr,
+	&ocfs2_filecheck_attr_set.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static void ocfs2_filecheck_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *entry = container_of(kobj,
+				struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry, fs_kobj);
+
+	complete(&entry->fs_kobj_unregister);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+ocfs2_filecheck_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	ssize_t ret = -EIO;
+	struct kobj_attribute *kattr = container_of(attr,
+					struct kobj_attribute, attr);
+
+	kobject_get(kobj);
+	if (kattr->show)
+		ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
+	kobject_put(kobj);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+ocfs2_filecheck_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
+			const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	ssize_t ret = -EIO;
+	struct kobj_attribute *kattr = container_of(attr,
+					struct kobj_attribute, attr);
+
+	kobject_get(kobj);
+	if (kattr->store)
+		ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
+	kobject_put(kobj);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct sysfs_ops ocfs2_filecheck_ops = {
+	.show = ocfs2_filecheck_show,
+	.store = ocfs2_filecheck_store,
+};
+
+static struct kobj_type ocfs2_ktype_filecheck = {
+	.default_attrs = ocfs2_filecheck_attrs,
+	.sysfs_ops = &ocfs2_filecheck_ops,
+	.release = ocfs2_filecheck_release,
+};
 
 static void
 ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_free(struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *entry)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_filecheck_entry *p;
 
-	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&entry->fs_count))
-		wait_on_atomic_t(&entry->fs_count, atomic_t_wait,
-				 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-
 	spin_lock(&entry->fs_fcheck->fc_lock);
 	while (!list_empty(&entry->fs_fcheck->fc_head)) {
 		p = list_first_entry(&entry->fs_fcheck->fc_head,
@@ -121,151 +168,48 @@ ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_free(struct ocfs2_
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&entry->fs_fcheck->fc_lock);
 
-	kset_unregister(entry->fs_fcheckkset);
-	kset_unregister(entry->fs_devicekset);
 	kfree(entry->fs_fcheck);
-	kfree(entry);
-}
-
-static void
-ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_add(struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *entry)
-{
-	spin_lock(&ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_lock);
-	list_add_tail(&entry->fs_list, &ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_list);
-	spin_unlock(&ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_lock);
-}
-
-static int ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_del(const char *devname)
-{
-	struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *p;
-
-	spin_lock(&ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(p, &ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_list, fs_list) {
-		if (!strcmp(p->fs_sb->s_id, devname)) {
-			list_del(&p->fs_list);
-			spin_unlock(&ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_lock);
-			ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_free(p);
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_lock);
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static void
-ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_put(struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *entry)
-{
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&entry->fs_count))
-		wake_up_atomic_t(&entry->fs_count);
-}
-
-static struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *
-ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_get(const char *devname)
-{
-	struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *p = NULL;
-
-	spin_lock(&ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(p, &ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_list, fs_list) {
-		if (!strcmp(p->fs_sb->s_id, devname)) {
-			atomic_inc(&p->fs_count);
-			spin_unlock(&ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_lock);
-			return p;
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_lock);
-	return NULL;
+	entry->fs_fcheck = NULL;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_filecheck_create_sysfs(struct super_block *sb)
+int ocfs2_filecheck_create_sysfs(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-	struct kset *device_kset = NULL;
-	struct kset *fcheck_kset = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_filecheck *fcheck = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *entry = NULL;
-	struct attribute **attrs = NULL;
-	struct attribute_group attrgp;
-
-	if (!ocfs2_kset)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	attrs = kmalloc(sizeof(struct attribute *) * 4, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!attrs) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
-	} else {
-		attrs[0] = &ocfs2_attr_filecheck_chk.attr;
-		attrs[1] = &ocfs2_attr_filecheck_fix.attr;
-		attrs[2] = &ocfs2_attr_filecheck_set.attr;
-		attrs[3] = NULL;
-		memset(&attrgp, 0, sizeof(attrgp));
-		attrgp.attrs = attrs;
-	}
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_filecheck *fcheck;
+	struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *entry = &osb->osb_fc_ent;
 
 	fcheck = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_filecheck), GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!fcheck) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
-	} else {
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fcheck->fc_head);
-		spin_lock_init(&fcheck->fc_lock);
-		fcheck->fc_max = OCFS2_FILECHECK_MINSIZE;
-		fcheck->fc_size = 0;
-		fcheck->fc_done = 0;
-	}
-
-	if (strlen(sb->s_id) <= 0) {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR,
-		"Cannot get device basename when create filecheck sysfs\n");
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	device_kset = kset_create_and_add(sb->s_id, NULL, &ocfs2_kset->kobj);
-	if (!device_kset) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	fcheck_kset = kset_create_and_add("filecheck", NULL,
-					  &device_kset->kobj);
-	if (!fcheck_kset) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	ret = sysfs_create_group(&fcheck_kset->kobj, &attrgp);
-	if (ret)
-		goto error;
+	if (!fcheck)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry), GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!entry) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
-	} else {
-		atomic_set(&entry->fs_count, 1);
-		entry->fs_sb = sb;
-		entry->fs_devicekset = device_kset;
-		entry->fs_fcheckkset = fcheck_kset;
-		entry->fs_fcheck = fcheck;
-		ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_add(entry);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fcheck->fc_head);
+	spin_lock_init(&fcheck->fc_lock);
+	fcheck->fc_max = OCFS2_FILECHECK_MINSIZE;
+	fcheck->fc_size = 0;
+	fcheck->fc_done = 0;
+
+	entry->fs_kobj.kset = osb->osb_dev_kset;
+	init_completion(&entry->fs_kobj_unregister);
+	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&entry->fs_kobj, &ocfs2_ktype_filecheck,
+					NULL, "filecheck");
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(fcheck);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
-	kfree(attrs);
+	entry->fs_fcheck = fcheck;
 	return 0;
-
-error:
-	kfree(attrs);
-	kfree(entry);
-	kfree(fcheck);
-	kset_unregister(fcheck_kset);
-	kset_unregister(device_kset);
-	return ret;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_filecheck_remove_sysfs(struct super_block *sb)
+void ocfs2_filecheck_remove_sysfs(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
-	return ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_del(sb->s_id);
+	if (!osb->osb_fc_ent.fs_fcheck)
+		return;
+
+	kobject_del(&osb->osb_fc_ent.fs_kobj);
+	kobject_put(&osb->osb_fc_ent.fs_kobj);
+	wait_for_completion(&osb->osb_fc_ent.fs_kobj_unregister);
+	ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_free(&osb->osb_fc_ent);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -359,7 +303,7 @@ ocfs2_filecheck_args_parse(const char *n
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 				    struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 				    char *buf)
 {
@@ -367,19 +311,12 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_show(stru
 	ssize_t ret = 0, total = 0, remain = PAGE_SIZE;
 	unsigned int type;
 	struct ocfs2_filecheck_entry *p;
-	struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *ent;
+	struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *ent = container_of(kobj,
+				struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry, fs_kobj);
 
 	if (ocfs2_filecheck_type_parse(attr->attr.name, &type))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ent = ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_get(kobj->parent->name);
-	if (!ent) {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR,
-		"Cannot get the corresponding entry via device basename %s\n",
-		kobj->name);
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	if (type == OCFS2_FILECHECK_TYPE_SET) {
 		spin_lock(&ent->fs_fcheck->fc_lock);
 		total = snprintf(buf, remain, "%u\n", ent->fs_fcheck->fc_max);
@@ -413,11 +350,10 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_show(stru
 	spin_unlock(&ent->fs_fcheck->fc_lock);
 
 exit:
-	ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_put(ent);
 	return total;
 }
 
-static int
+static inline int
 ocfs2_filecheck_erase_entry(struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *ent)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_filecheck_entry *p;
@@ -463,14 +399,14 @@ ocfs2_filecheck_done_entry(struct ocfs2_
 }
 
 static unsigned int
-ocfs2_filecheck_handle(struct super_block *sb,
+ocfs2_filecheck_handle(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		       unsigned long ino, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	unsigned int ret = OCFS2_FILECHECK_ERR_SUCCESS;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	int rc;
 
-	inode = ocfs2_iget(OCFS2_SB(sb), ino, flags, 0);
+	inode = ocfs2_iget(osb, ino, flags, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		rc = (int)(-(long)inode);
 		if (rc >= OCFS2_FILECHECK_ERR_START &&
@@ -488,11 +424,14 @@ static void
 ocfs2_filecheck_handle_entry(struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *ent,
 			     struct ocfs2_filecheck_entry *entry)
 {
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = container_of(ent, struct ocfs2_super,
+						osb_fc_ent);
+
 	if (entry->fe_type == OCFS2_FILECHECK_TYPE_CHK)
-		entry->fe_status = ocfs2_filecheck_handle(ent->fs_sb,
+		entry->fe_status = ocfs2_filecheck_handle(osb,
 				entry->fe_ino, OCFS2_FI_FLAG_FILECHECK_CHK);
 	else if (entry->fe_type == OCFS2_FILECHECK_TYPE_FIX)
-		entry->fe_status = ocfs2_filecheck_handle(ent->fs_sb,
+		entry->fe_status = ocfs2_filecheck_handle(osb,
 				entry->fe_ino, OCFS2_FI_FLAG_FILECHECK_FIX);
 	else
 		entry->fe_status = OCFS2_FILECHECK_ERR_UNSUPPORTED;
@@ -500,30 +439,21 @@ ocfs2_filecheck_handle_entry(struct ocfs
 	ocfs2_filecheck_done_entry(ent, entry);
 }
 
-static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 				     struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 				     const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 	struct ocfs2_filecheck_args args;
 	struct ocfs2_filecheck_entry *entry;
-	struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *ent;
-	ssize_t ret = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry *ent = container_of(kobj,
+				struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry, fs_kobj);
 
 	if (count == 0)
 		return count;
 
-	if (ocfs2_filecheck_args_parse(attr->attr.name, buf, count, &args)) {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Invalid arguments for online file check\n");
+	if (ocfs2_filecheck_args_parse(attr->attr.name, buf, count, &args))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	ent = ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_get(kobj->parent->name);
-	if (!ent) {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR,
-		"Cannot get the corresponding entry via device basename %s\n",
-		kobj->parent->name);
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
 
 	if (args.fa_type == OCFS2_FILECHECK_TYPE_SET) {
 		ret = ocfs2_filecheck_adjust_max(ent, args.fa_len);
@@ -538,7 +468,7 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_store(str
 
 	spin_lock(&ent->fs_fcheck->fc_lock);
 	if ((ent->fs_fcheck->fc_size >= ent->fs_fcheck->fc_max) &&
-	    (ent->fs_fcheck->fc_done == 0)) {
+		(ent->fs_fcheck->fc_done == 0)) {
 		mlog(ML_NOTICE,
 		"Cannot do more file check "
 		"since file check queue(%u) is full now\n",
@@ -568,6 +498,5 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_filecheck_store(str
 		ocfs2_filecheck_handle_entry(ent, entry);
 
 exit:
-	ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_put(ent);
 	return (!ret ? count : ret);
 }
diff -puN fs/ocfs2/filecheck.h~ocfs2-add-kobject-for-online-file-check fs/ocfs2/filecheck.h
--- a/fs/ocfs2/filecheck.h~ocfs2-add-kobject-for-online-file-check
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/filecheck.h
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ struct ocfs2_filecheck {
 	unsigned int fc_done;	/* Finished entry count in list */
 };
 
-struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry {	/* sysfs entry per mounting */
-	struct list_head fs_list;
-	atomic_t fs_count;
-	struct super_block *fs_sb;
-	struct kset *fs_devicekset;
-	struct kset *fs_fcheckkset;
-	struct ocfs2_filecheck *fs_fcheck;
-};
-
 #define OCFS2_FILECHECK_MAXSIZE		100
 #define OCFS2_FILECHECK_MINSIZE		10
 
@@ -70,7 +61,14 @@ enum {
 	OCFS2_FILECHECK_TYPE_SET = 100	/* Set entry list maximum size */
 };
 
-int ocfs2_filecheck_create_sysfs(struct super_block *sb);
-int ocfs2_filecheck_remove_sysfs(struct super_block *sb);
+struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry {	/* sysfs entry per partition */
+	struct kobject fs_kobj;
+	struct completion fs_kobj_unregister;
+	struct ocfs2_filecheck *fs_fcheck;
+};
+
+
+int ocfs2_filecheck_create_sysfs(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
+void ocfs2_filecheck_remove_sysfs(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
 
 #endif  /* FILECHECK_H */
diff -puN fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h~ocfs2-add-kobject-for-online-file-check fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h~ocfs2-add-kobject-for-online-file-check
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 
 #include "reservations.h"
 
+#include "filecheck.h"
+
 /* Caching of metadata buffers */
 
 /* Most user visible OCFS2 inodes will have very few pieces of
@@ -471,6 +473,12 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	 * workqueue and schedule on our own.
 	 */
 	struct workqueue_struct *ocfs2_wq;
+
+	/* sysfs directory per partition */
+	struct kset *osb_dev_kset;
+
+	/* file check related stuff */
+	struct ocfs2_filecheck_sysfs_entry osb_fc_ent;
 };
 
 #define OCFS2_SB(sb)	    ((struct ocfs2_super *)(sb)->s_fs_info)
diff -puN fs/ocfs2/super.c~ocfs2-add-kobject-for-online-file-check fs/ocfs2/super.c
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c~ocfs2-add-kobject-for-online-file-check
+++ a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1162,6 +1162,23 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_super(struct super
 
 	ocfs2_complete_mount_recovery(osb);
 
+	osb->osb_dev_kset = kset_create_and_add(sb->s_id, NULL,
+						&ocfs2_kset->kobj);
+	if (!osb->osb_dev_kset) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Unable to create device kset %s.\n", sb->s_id);
+		goto read_super_error;
+	}
+
+	/* Create filecheck sysfs related directories/files at
+	 * /sys/fs/ocfs2/<devname>/filecheck */
+	if (ocfs2_filecheck_create_sysfs(osb)) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Unable to create filecheck sysfs directory at "
+			"/sys/fs/ocfs2/%s/filecheck.\n", sb->s_id);
+		goto read_super_error;
+	}
+
 	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
 		snprintf(nodestr, sizeof(nodestr), "local");
 	else
@@ -1200,9 +1217,6 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_super(struct super
 	/* Start this when the mount is almost sure of being successful */
 	ocfs2_orphan_scan_start(osb);
 
-	/* Create filecheck sysfile /sys/fs/ocfs2/<devname>/filecheck */
-	ocfs2_filecheck_create_sysfs(sb);
-
 	return status;
 
 read_super_error:
@@ -1654,7 +1668,6 @@ static void ocfs2_put_super(struct super
 
 	ocfs2_sync_blockdev(sb);
 	ocfs2_dismount_volume(sb, 0);
-	ocfs2_filecheck_remove_sysfs(sb);
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
@@ -1900,6 +1913,12 @@ static void ocfs2_dismount_volume(struct
 	osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
 	BUG_ON(!osb);
 
+	/* Remove file check sysfs related directores/files,
+	 * and wait for the pending file check operations */
+	ocfs2_filecheck_remove_sysfs(osb);
+
+	kset_unregister(osb->osb_dev_kset);
+
 	debugfs_remove(osb->osb_ctxt);
 
 	/* Orphan scan should be stopped as early as possible */
