1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index bb6c7d811313..2a1dcea4f12e 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);
@@ -232,7 +225,7 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 
         if (!journal) {
                 ret = __sync_inode(inode, datasync);
-                if (!ret && !list_empty(&inode->i_dentry))
+                if (!ret && !hlist_empty(&inode->i_dentry))
                         ret = ext4_sync_parent(inode);
                 goto out;
         }