diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 9d17d350abc55ec3dfffca5282ba12f2d418facd..9a37a9b6de3a23f026f6dc0d9c2906e07b1f8bf0 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1359,8 +1359,6 @@ static int configfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct module *subsys_owner = NULL, *dead_item_owner = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	if (dentry->d_parent == configfs_sb->s_root)
 		return -EPERM;