2 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 950100e326a1..772efa45a452 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1565,7 +1565,6 @@ int pid_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
                 put_task_struct(task);
                 return 1;
         }
-        d_drop(dentry);
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1702,9 +1701,6 @@ out:
         put_task_struct(task);
 
 out_notask:
-        if (status <= 0)
-                d_drop(dentry);
-
         return status;
 }
 
@@ -2618,8 +2614,7 @@ static void proc_flush_task_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, pid_t pid, pid_t tgid)
         /* no ->d_hash() rejects on procfs */
         dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, &name);
         if (dentry) {
-                shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
-                d_drop(dentry);
+                d_invalidate(dentry);
                 dput(dentry);
         }
 
@@ -2639,8 +2634,7 @@ static void proc_flush_task_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, pid_t pid, pid_t tgid)
         name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", pid);
         dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(dir, &name);
         if (dentry) {
-                shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
-                d_drop(dentry);
+                d_invalidate(dentry);
                 dput(dentry);
         }
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 955bb55fab8c..e11d7c590bb0 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ static int tid_fd_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
                 }
                 put_task_struct(task);
         }
-
-        d_drop(dentry);
         return 0;
 }