diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 46af98ed136be9028a416ab8cb6c1d21954011d7..3b67be7631dc21b4d76bb4e2ee45b486eb0bb720 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2524,19 +2524,19 @@ int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_de
 		return -EPERM;
 	if (!dir->i_op || !dir->i_op->link)
 		return -EPERM;
-	if (S_ISDIR(old_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	error = security_inode_link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	mutex_lock(&old_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	DQUOT_INIT(dir);
 	error = dir->i_op->link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry);
-	mutex_unlock(&old_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!error)
-		fsnotify_link(dir, old_dentry->d_inode, new_dentry);
+		fsnotify_link(dir, inode, new_dentry);
 	return error;
 }