diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index b52bc685465f5ecf1257d7982887b1435a7a6c2d..f4788365ea222676303b9fd7c2b40d4c2040fed1 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2616,6 +2616,7 @@ int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (!dir->i_op->rmdir)
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	dget(dentry);
 	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	error = -EBUSY;
@@ -2636,6 +2637,7 @@ int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	dput(dentry);
 	if (!error)
 		d_delete(dentry);
 	return error;
@@ -3025,6 +3027,7 @@ static int vfs_rename_dir(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
+	dget(new_dentry);
 	if (target)
 		mutex_lock(&target->i_mutex);
 
@@ -3045,6 +3048,7 @@ static int vfs_rename_dir(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 out:
 	if (target)
 		mutex_unlock(&target->i_mutex);
+	dput(new_dentry);
 	if (!error)
 		if (!(old_dir->i_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE))
 			d_move(old_dentry,new_dentry);