1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 27e17f96cada..0ec24835239f 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
          * don't try to mount it again.
          */
         spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-        if (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
+        if (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && __simple_empty(dentry)) {
                 spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 
                 status = try_to_fill_dentry(dentry, 0);