diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index 98a751614c748076e4b3514582ec0e56cfac2770..828a889be90954962cc30ae0b229af4525dad768 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -161,12 +161,6 @@ static bool dnotify_should_send_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	return send;
 }
 
-static void dnotify_freeing_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry,
-				 struct fsnotify_group *group)
-{
-	/* dnotify doesn't care than an inode is on the way out */
-}
-
 static void dnotify_free_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry)
 {
 	struct dnotify_mark_entry *dnentry = container_of(entry,
@@ -182,7 +176,7 @@ static struct fsnotify_ops dnotify_fsnotify_ops = {
 	.handle_event = dnotify_handle_event,
 	.should_send_event = dnotify_should_send_event,
 	.free_group_priv = NULL,
-	.freeing_mark = dnotify_freeing_mark,
+	.freeing_mark = NULL,
 	.free_event_priv = NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
index 0a499d2c61918d25ce3f80240aee4b6265c34585..c8a07c65482b079d50483beabcf8e2cfb5291369 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark_by_entry(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry)
 	 * callback to the group function to let it know that this entry
 	 * is being freed.
 	 */
-	group->ops->freeing_mark(entry, group);
+	if (group->ops->freeing_mark)
+		group->ops->freeing_mark(entry, group);
 
 	/*
 	 * __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(inode);