1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 92db9e945147..5b93a7d94d42 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1083,16 +1083,7 @@ struct dentry *ext4_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
                 return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
         }
 
-        inode = ext4_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(ext4_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino));
 }
 
 #define S_SHIFT 12