1 files changed, 1 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 80c97fd8c571..a1b328ab1e55 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ static struct dentry *ext2_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
 struct dentry *ext2_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 {
         unsigned long ino;
-        struct dentry *parent;
-        struct inode *inode;
         struct dentry dotdot;
 
         dotdot.d_name.name = "..";
@@ -83,16 +81,7 @@ struct dentry *ext2_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
         ino = ext2_inode_by_name(child->d_inode, &dotdot);
         if (!ino)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-        inode = ext2_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino);
-
-        if (IS_ERR(inode))
-                return ERR_CAST(inode);
-        parent = d_alloc_anon(inode);
-        if (!parent) {
-                iput(inode);
-                parent = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-        }
-        return parent;
+        return d_obtain_alias(ext2_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino));
 } 
 
 /*