diff --git a/fs/autofs4/inode.c b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
index 427c35746340c886b66934d056a66f1722007b2e..3ecd2e2bcdbd62d728609be2f05687ba65801a24 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ struct autofs_info *autofs4_init_ino(struct autofs_info *ino,
 
 	if (!reinit) {
 		ino->flags = 0;
-		ino->inode = NULL;
 		ino->dentry = NULL;
 		ino->size = 0;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ino->active);
@@ -76,19 +75,8 @@ struct autofs_info *autofs4_init_ino(struct autofs_info *ino,
 
 void autofs4_free_ino(struct autofs_info *ino)
 {
-	struct autofs_info *p_ino;
-
 	if (ino->dentry) {
 		ino->dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
-		if (ino->dentry->d_inode) {
-			struct dentry *parent = ino->dentry->d_parent;
-			if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ino->count)) {
-				p_ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(parent);
-				if (p_ino && parent != ino->dentry)
-					atomic_dec(&p_ino->count);
-			}
-			dput(ino->dentry);
-		}
 		ino->dentry = NULL;
 	}
 	if (ino->free)
@@ -390,7 +378,6 @@ struct inode *autofs4_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (inode == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	inf->inode = inode;
 	inode->i_mode = inf->mode;
 	if (sb->s_root) {
 		inode->i_uid = sb->s_root->d_inode->i_uid;
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 62c1229a4d3174369f14f60cb6c28e53b923feb7..8315565ed7d4db4e3d29505bcf91260deedb25d7 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -151,11 +151,8 @@ void autofs4_dentry_release(struct dentry *de)
 	DPRINTK("releasing %p", de);
 
 	inf = autofs4_dentry_ino(de);
-	de->d_fsdata = NULL;
-
 	if (inf) {
 		struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(de->d_sb);
-
 		if (sbi) {
 			spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 			if (!list_empty(&inf->active))
@@ -164,10 +161,6 @@ void autofs4_dentry_release(struct dentry *de)
 				list_del(&inf->expiring);
 			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 		}
-
-		inf->dentry = NULL;
-		inf->inode = NULL;
-
 		autofs4_free_ino(inf);
 	}
 }
@@ -583,7 +576,6 @@ static int autofs4_dir_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 	p_ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry->d_parent);
 	if (p_ino && dentry->d_parent != dentry)
 		atomic_inc(&p_ino->count);
-	ino->inode = inode;
 
 	ino->u.symlink = cp;
 	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
@@ -713,7 +705,6 @@ static int autofs4_dir_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	p_ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry->d_parent);
 	if (p_ino && dentry->d_parent != dentry)
 		atomic_inc(&p_ino->count);
-	ino->inode = inode;
 	inc_nlink(dir);
 	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;