diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index d256559b4104c5ff90370a6d6690e40935c6f1b8..d9c59a775449ee9abfc27e24ed898ce17d05251a 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static int hpfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		d_drop(dentry);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > 1 ||
-		    permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, NULL) ||
+		    generic_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, NULL) ||
 		    !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ||
 		    get_write_access(inode)) {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);