diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index c6d7d3dbd52abfa9af11ea0fb7aab955e355bbc9..75dd739ac3e6f613bc610a09b66c79b3a5e8fb6d 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -537,8 +537,6 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, u
 		ino->dentry = dentry;
 
 		autofs4_add_active(dentry);
-
-		d_instantiate(dentry, NULL);
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }