diff -pNru linux-2.6.20-rc2/lib/kobject.c linux-2.6.20-rc2.mod/lib/kobject.c
--- linux-2.6.20-rc2/lib/kobject.c	2006-12-29 11:48:30.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.20-rc2.mod/lib/kobject.c	2006-12-29 11:50:42.000000000 -0800
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
 		return -ENOENT;
 	if (!kobj->k_name)
 		kobj->k_name = kobj->name;
-	if (!kobj->k_name) {
+	if (!*kobj->k_name) {
 		pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		return -EINVAL;