1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index bb6c7d811313..4359a4d30069 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -135,14 +135,7 @@ static int ext4_sync_parent(struct inode *inode)
         inode = igrab(inode);
         while (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEWENTRY)) {
                 ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEWENTRY);
-                dentry = NULL;
-                spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-                if (!list_empty(&inode->i_dentry)) {
-                        dentry = list_first_entry(&inode->i_dentry,
-                                                  struct dentry, d_alias);
-                        dget(dentry);
-                }
-                spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+                dentry = d_find_any_alias(inode);
                 if (!dentry)
                         break;
                 next = igrab(dentry->d_parent->d_inode);