1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index a0f9a0294ff2..1d60fdf01b37 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1188,12 +1188,12 @@ retry:
                                 }
                                 if (!d_invalidate(dentry)) {
                                         dput(dentry);
-                                        dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(parent, name, nd);
+                                        dentry = NULL;
                                 }
                         }
-                } else if (!dentry) {
-                        dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(parent, name, nd);
                 }
+                if (!dentry)
+                        dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(parent, name, nd);
         l:
                 mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
                 if (IS_ERR(dentry))