diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 6e4ea6d87774b6b31a212309fde5c3bed55a30c3..fbdcbca40725ab483f9b238c561c6dfb240db0bf 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1813,8 +1813,6 @@ struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
 		tname = dentry->d_name.name;
 		i = dentry->d_inode;
 		prefetch(tname);
-		if (i)
-			prefetch(i);
 		/*
 		 * This seqcount check is required to ensure name and
 		 * len are loaded atomically, so as not to walk off the