diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index e2e4e8d032ee47cc899007443482a823caf30535..9802345df5e78c86396fa05f4c29c760e3a270a9 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2624,6 +2624,10 @@ static long do_rmdir(int dfd, const char __user *pathname)
 	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		goto exit2;
+	if (!dentry->d_inode) {
+		error = -ENOENT;
+		goto exit3;
+	}
 	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto exit3;
@@ -2709,11 +2713,10 @@ static long do_unlinkat(int dfd, const char __user *pathname)
 	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
 		/* Why not before? Because we want correct error value */
-		if (nd.last.name[nd.last.len])
-			goto slashes;
 		inode = dentry->d_inode;
-		if (inode)
-			ihold(inode);
+		if (nd.last.name[nd.last.len] || !inode)
+			goto slashes;
+		ihold(inode);
 		error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 		if (error)
 			goto exit2;