diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 059546aa8fdf963c46c9ff188237bdf947d0ea06..8dcd4ff0c3a58fc8be83cafeceb6cd925c1bbc52 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -530,9 +530,10 @@ static noinline int create_subvol(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int create_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root, struct dentry *dentry,
-			   char *name, int namelen, u64 *async_transid,
-			   bool readonly, struct btrfs_qgroup_inherit *inherit)
+static int create_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *dir,
+			   struct dentry *dentry, char *name, int namelen,
+			   u64 *async_transid, bool readonly,
+			   struct btrfs_qgroup_inherit *inherit)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct btrfs_pending_snapshot *pending_snapshot;
@@ -551,6 +552,7 @@ static int create_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root, struct dentry *dentry,
 	pending_snapshot->dentry = dentry;
 	pending_snapshot->root = root;
 	pending_snapshot->readonly = readonly;
+	pending_snapshot->dir = dir;
 	pending_snapshot->inherit = inherit;
 
 	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root->fs_info->extent_root, 6);
@@ -728,7 +730,7 @@ static noinline int btrfs_mksubvol(struct path *parent,
 		goto out_up_read;
 
 	if (snap_src) {
-		error = create_snapshot(snap_src, dentry, name, namelen,
+		error = create_snapshot(snap_src, dir, dentry, name, namelen,
 					async_transid, readonly, inherit);
 	} else {
 		error = create_subvol(BTRFS_I(dir)->root, dentry,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 3733c4939a27a6c2dc1cc3dce41de7989fd7be58..71de435a291ebc974bdc931dfd8c2756cacdbfb8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,6 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct inode *parent_inode;
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
 	struct btrfs_dir_item *dir_item;
-	struct dentry *parent;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct extent_buffer *tmp;
 	struct extent_buffer *old;
@@ -1126,8 +1125,7 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	trans->bytes_reserved = trans->block_rsv->reserved;
 
 	dentry = pending->dentry;
-	parent = dget_parent(dentry);
-	parent_inode = parent->d_inode;
+	parent_inode = pending->dir;
 	parent_root = BTRFS_I(parent_inode)->root;
 	record_root_in_trans(trans, parent_root);
 
@@ -1275,7 +1273,6 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (ret)
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
 fail:
-	dput(parent);
 	trans->block_rsv = rsv;
 	trans->bytes_reserved = 0;
 no_free_objectid:
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
index 5afd7b1dceacf27a92e2b026aa7d76432ee9f18a..5f67fba07ab4294bfadacc2c135573ab6fa2c7d7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct btrfs_trans_handle {
 
 struct btrfs_pending_snapshot {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct inode *dir;
 	struct btrfs_root *root;
 	struct btrfs_root *snap;
 	struct btrfs_qgroup_inherit *inherit;