diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 082e2d430e93389be6343b80397cc236061cd896..38bbe071cc1546cfcecf6ac6ae1a8f5673f9ddb6 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * parent)
 	if (dentry) {
 		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		if (!(d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode)) {
+		if (!d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode) {
 			inode = dentry->d_inode;
 			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 			__iget(inode);