diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index dde7bb48bb5f8a4430a591e7dc5fb45851beb9fc..678172b61be2a676de90fa8d7e5101e04f566ed4 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	/* Private value of ecryptfs_dentry allocated in
 	 * ecryptfs_lookup() */
-	struct dentry *lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(ecryptfs_dentry);
+	struct dentry *lower_dentry;
 	struct ecryptfs_file_info *file_info;
 
 	mount_crypt_stat = &ecryptfs_superblock_to_private(