diff --git a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
index d82a019ff8efdc855669b842c6f41242b8069e1d..bc1b0543d2b6f9139b7a068c36192c690048d99a 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static inline int simple_positive(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return dentry->d_inode && !d_unhashed(dentry);
 }
 
-static inline int simple_empty_nolock(struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline int __simple_empty(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dentry *child;
 	int ret = 0;
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 72dca3335e255bc44804a1f171d9f2d27e2e3657..dcd4802a5d5fb1b1e8c3ab9e9750c8aa544ac3d6 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int autofs4_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode) &&
 	    !d_mountpoint(dentry) && 
-	    simple_empty_nolock(dentry)) {
+	    __simple_empty(dentry)) {
 		DPRINTK("dentry=%p %.*s, emptydir",
 			 dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);