diff --git a/fs/coda/coda_linux.h b/fs/coda/coda_linux.h
index cc0ea9fe5ecf9af0ee79bfcd1b2ecdfdc4ac81da..e7550cb9fb744e9c487bb38d8564c07efc7409bc 100644
--- a/fs/coda/coda_linux.h
+++ b/fs/coda/coda_linux.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern const struct file_operations coda_ioctl_operations;
 int coda_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
 int coda_release(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
 int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
-int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *);
+int coda_revalidate_inode(struct inode *);
 int coda_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 int coda_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 8c8d469c9283f93ed49f2ee3ec47cdf9ebfb18e4..5efbb5ee0adc627e53e425968287ab68334a195c 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -563,13 +563,12 @@ static int coda_dentry_delete(const struct dentry * dentry)
  * cache manager Venus issues a downcall to the kernel when this 
  * happens 
  */
-int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *dentry)
+int coda_revalidate_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct coda_vattr attr;
 	int error;
 	int old_mode;
 	ino_t old_ino;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct coda_inode_info *cii = ITOC(inode);
 
 	if (!cii->c_flags)
diff --git a/fs/coda/inode.c b/fs/coda/inode.c
index 4dcc0d81a7aa511069869141d0d1470800a82e54..506de34a4ef33f67929747f28097f83ec84283e6 100644
--- a/fs/coda/inode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/inode.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static void coda_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 int coda_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
 {
-	int err = coda_revalidate_inode(dentry);
+	int err = coda_revalidate_inode(dentry->d_inode);
 	if (!err)
 		generic_fillattr(dentry->d_inode, stat);
 	return err;