diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 8a8e29878c34283812f8d990c2432cff94bbab2a..996eb192fa770f0bdbf7af5adce5acd66b8405be 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2423,9 +2423,7 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_snap_destroy(struct file *file,
 		goto out_dput;
 	}
 
-	err = d_invalidate(dentry);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_unlock;
+	d_invalidate(dentry);
 
 	down_write(&root->fs_info->subvol_sem);
 
@@ -2510,7 +2508,6 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_snap_destroy(struct file *file,
 	btrfs_subvolume_release_metadata(root, &block_rsv, qgroup_reserved);
 out_up_write:
 	up_write(&root->fs_info->subvol_sem);
-out_unlock:
 	if (err) {
 		spin_lock(&dest->root_item_lock);
 		root_flags = btrfs_root_flags(&dest->root_item);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index b334a89d6a66eb2151973d6405083db3c254710b..d2141f1013829d028ac1b9df15f2a05b254923d4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ cifs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
 		return;
 
 	if (dentry) {
-		int err;
-
 		inode = dentry->d_inode;
 		if (inode) {
 			/*
@@ -105,10 +103,8 @@ cifs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
 				goto out;
 			}
 		}
-		err = d_invalidate(dentry);
+		d_invalidate(dentry);
 		dput(dentry);
-		if (err)
-			return;
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 5e02b9eee6b174e0d64d5eadab5cc1caea45a284..70d102e70271707a3b6217f3a2b55ee77f681e89 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1346,34 +1346,28 @@ static void check_and_drop(void *_data)
  * d_invalidate - detach submounts, prune dcache, and drop
  * @dentry: dentry to invalidate (aka detach, prune and drop)
  *
- * Try to invalidate the dentry if it turns out to be
- * possible. If there are reasons not to delete it
- * return -EBUSY. On success return 0.
- *
  * no dcache lock.
  *
  * The final d_drop is done as an atomic operation relative to
  * rename_lock ensuring there are no races with d_set_mounted.  This
  * ensures there are no unhashed dentries on the path to a mountpoint.
  */
-int d_invalidate(struct dentry *dentry)
+void d_invalidate(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * If it's already been dropped, return OK.
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (d_unhashed(dentry)) {
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 
 	/* Negative dentries can be dropped without further checks */
 	if (!dentry->d_inode) {
 		d_drop(dentry);
-		goto out;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	for (;;) {
@@ -1399,9 +1393,6 @@ int d_invalidate(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 		cond_resched();
 	}
-
-out:
-	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_invalidate);
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 820efd74ca9fec310f84645d6a945fdf7c1205c6..dbab798f5cafefd8e0ad848298a7baa0f1b70ad4 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1286,9 +1286,7 @@ static int fuse_direntplus_link(struct file *file,
 			d_drop(dentry);
 		} else if (get_node_id(inode) != o->nodeid ||
 			   ((o->attr.mode ^ inode->i_mode) & S_IFMT)) {
-			err = d_invalidate(dentry);
-			if (err)
-				goto out;
+			d_invalidate(dentry);
 		} else if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto out;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 2ba10904dba0698bb9be3091bff475ddcdb9c7aa..d20d579a022e45e3e9c23fc2356bf37ec204a445 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1306,7 +1306,8 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_dcache(struct qstr *name, struct dentry *dir,
 				if (error < 0) {
 					dput(dentry);
 					return ERR_PTR(error);
-				} else if (!d_invalidate(dentry)) {
+				} else {
+					d_invalidate(dentry);
 					dput(dentry);
 					dentry = NULL;
 				}
@@ -1435,10 +1436,9 @@ static int lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd,
 			dput(dentry);
 			return status;
 		}
-		if (!d_invalidate(dentry)) {
-			dput(dentry);
-			goto need_lookup;
-		}
+		d_invalidate(dentry);
+		dput(dentry);
+		goto need_lookup;
 	}
 
 	path->mnt = mnt;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 8be6988a1c6c6df9b267ea6dfba3d673213f1437..06e8cfcbb67053759d9b2b17e4c68a4547b257da 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -486,8 +486,7 @@ void nfs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct nfs_entry *entry)
 				nfs_setsecurity(dentry->d_inode, entry->fattr, entry->label);
 			goto out;
 		} else {
-			if (d_invalidate(dentry) != 0)
-				goto out;
+			d_invalidate(dentry);
 			dput(dentry);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 595af29ad145106459a62afcb5ceb64647c3051f..81b03150f39aa96e11fc866a15e38fb2eeca27b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ extern struct dentry * d_obtain_root(struct inode *);
 extern void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *);
 extern void shrink_dcache_parent(struct dentry *);
 extern void shrink_dcache_for_umount(struct super_block *);
-extern int d_invalidate(struct dentry *);
+extern void d_invalidate(struct dentry *);
 
 /* only used at mount-time */
 extern struct dentry * d_make_root(struct inode *);