1 files changed, 1 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index de13e919cd81..880b54400ac0 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1057,8 +1057,6 @@ static struct dentry *ext3_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
 struct dentry *ext3_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 {
         unsigned long ino;
-        struct dentry *parent;
-        struct inode *inode;
         struct dentry dotdot;
         struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de;
         struct buffer_head *bh;
@@ -1068,7 +1066,6 @@ struct dentry *ext3_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
         dotdot.d_parent = child; /* confusing, isn't it! */
 
         bh = ext3_find_entry(&dotdot, &de);
-        inode = NULL;
         if (!bh)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
         ino = le32_to_cpu(de->inode);
@@ -1080,16 +1077,7 @@ struct dentry *ext3_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
                 return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
         }
 
-        inode = ext3_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(ext3_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino));
 }
 
 #define S_SHIFT 12