diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 6a132cd4fa57e4ff2b8dc97bf595702acd64a303..2e0fa661e4234d2ab9a5d3fae52af6882fcb2db3 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -1493,8 +1493,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_setlease);
 int fcntl_setlease(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, long arg)
 {
 	struct file_lock fl, *flp = &fl;
-	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	int error;
 
 	locks_init_lock(&fl);