diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 37d85e05b1f5f6719acf3a5d192ea4365a6793b3..72a5d5b04494ded2468bc4a2f5f30e30c9ca12f7 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1263,7 +1263,6 @@ static int fuse_direntplus_link(struct file *file,
 			goto found;
 		}
 		dput(dentry);
-		dentry = NULL;
 	}
 
 	dentry = d_alloc(parent, &name);
@@ -1299,8 +1298,7 @@ static int fuse_direntplus_link(struct file *file,
 
 	err = 0;
 out:
-	if (dentry)
-		dput(dentry);
+	dput(dentry);
 	return err;
 }