diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 0c6d175..ea53b30 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
  * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Novell Inc.
  *
- * Please see the file Documentation/kobject.txt for critical information
+ * Please see the file Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst for critical information
  * about using the kobject interface.
  */
 
@@ -604,15 +604,19 @@
 	struct kernfs_node *sd;
 	const struct kobj_type *ktype;
 
-	if (!kobj)
-		return;
-
 	sd = kobj->sd;
 	ktype = get_ktype(kobj);
 
 	if (ktype)
 		sysfs_remove_groups(kobj, ktype->default_groups);
 
+	/* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
+	if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
+		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
+			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
+		kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
+	}
+
 	sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
 	sysfs_put(sd);
 
@@ -682,16 +686,9 @@
 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__, kobj->parent);
 
 	if (t && !t->release)
-		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. See Documentation/kobject.txt.\n",
+		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. See Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst.\n",
 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
 
-	/* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
-	if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
-		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
-			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
-		kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
-	}
-
 	/* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
 	if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",