diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 3520ab8a66390c03d0fd95adccb6d7c8d74bb0c7..b147a67baa0d976d026857308350d85b8de72e01 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3455,7 +3455,6 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.rmdir		= ext4_rmdir,
 	.mknod		= ext4_mknod,
 	.tmpfile	= ext4_tmpfile,
-	.rename		= ext4_rename,
 	.rename2	= ext4_rename2,
 	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 0c6048247a34eb16a5146f7ea67479a21fec6173..de1d84af9f7c6baf27b64218fbff43604ab47c04 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -845,12 +845,6 @@ static int fuse_rename2(struct inode *olddir, struct dentry *oldent,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int fuse_rename(struct inode *olddir, struct dentry *oldent,
-		       struct inode *newdir, struct dentry *newent)
-{
-	return fuse_rename2(olddir, oldent, newdir, newent, 0);
-}
-
 static int fuse_link(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *newdir,
 		     struct dentry *newent)
 {
@@ -2024,7 +2018,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations fuse_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.symlink	= fuse_symlink,
 	.unlink		= fuse_unlink,
 	.rmdir		= fuse_rmdir,
-	.rename		= fuse_rename,
 	.rename2	= fuse_rename2,
 	.link		= fuse_link,
 	.setattr	= fuse_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 9eb787e5c167fb601845590f0181d249bf515fb0..0ff23cecb1bb25a3fd54acf47546be371e5225f0 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4075,7 +4075,7 @@ int vfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if (!old_dir->i_op->rename)
+	if (!old_dir->i_op->rename && !old_dir->i_op->rename2)
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (flags && !old_dir->i_op->rename2)
@@ -4134,10 +4134,11 @@ int vfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 	}
-	if (!flags) {
+	if (!old_dir->i_op->rename2) {
 		error = old_dir->i_op->rename(old_dir, old_dentry,
 					      new_dir, new_dentry);
 	} else {
+		WARN_ON(old_dir->i_op->rename != NULL);
 		error = old_dir->i_op->rename2(old_dir, old_dentry,
 					       new_dir, new_dentry, flags);
 	}