diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index fbf0ae2..ae6bb90 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -387,6 +387,11 @@
  * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
  * @kobj: object in question.
  * @new_name: object's new name
+ *
+ * It is the responsibility of the caller to provide mutual
+ * exclusion between two different calls of kobject_rename
+ * on the same kobject and to ensure that new_name is valid and
+ * won't conflict with other kobjects.
  */
 int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
 {
@@ -401,19 +406,6 @@
 	if (!kobj->parent)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* see if this name is already in use */
-	if (kobj->kset) {
-		struct kobject *temp_kobj;
-		temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
-		if (temp_kobj) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
-			       "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
-			       kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
-			kobject_put(temp_kobj);
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-	}
-
 	devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!devpath) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;