diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 61f99c1967d9d9ce85b960729468a7a35a5a9fe7..db1bca26d88cf07d4758b7ccf02d8334b91e1208 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1998,8 +1998,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mkdir(const char __user *pathname, int mode)
 void dentry_unhash(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	dget(dentry);
-	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count))
-		shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
+	shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) == 2)