1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 9802345df5e7..6301963b161f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2713,8 +2713,10 @@ static long do_unlinkat(int dfd, const char __user *pathname)
         error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
         if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
                 /* Why not before? Because we want correct error value */
+                if (nd.last.name[nd.last.len])
+                        goto slashes;
                 inode = dentry->d_inode;
-                if (nd.last.name[nd.last.len] || !inode)
+                if (!inode)
                         goto slashes;
                 ihold(inode);
                 error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);