diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index d9ca1e5ceb92f02302fdeedb7bc1e2b6e5768f2e..1c323dd92fb2978b684f5a379114b1d722996bae 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static void d_free(struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_release)
 		dentry->d_op->d_release(dentry);
 	/* if dentry was never inserted into hash, immediate free is OK */
-	if (dentry->d_hash.pprev == NULL)
+	if (hlist_unhashed(&dentry->d_hash))
 		__d_free(dentry);
 	else
 		call_rcu(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu, d_callback);