diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 1102a5fbb7449c6769d6af85c048636f6cb8615b..546849b3e88f1935585067628e158f4233631d17 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -334,8 +334,6 @@ static int nilfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
 	int err;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	err = nilfs_transaction_begin(dir->i_sb, &ti, 0);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -371,9 +369,6 @@ static int nilfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
 	int err;
 
-	if (new_inode && S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	err = nilfs_transaction_begin(old_dir->i_sb, &ti, 1);
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		return err;