diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 88cec03..e633a58 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3617,6 +3617,7 @@
 
 int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	struct inode *target = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error = may_delete(dir, dentry, 0);
 
 	if (error)
@@ -3625,7 +3626,7 @@
 	if (!dir->i_op->unlink)
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&target->i_mutex);
 	if (d_mountpoint(dentry))
 		error = -EBUSY;
 	else {
@@ -3636,11 +3637,11 @@
 				dont_mount(dentry);
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&target->i_mutex);
 
 	/* We don't d_delete() NFS sillyrenamed files--they still exist. */
 	if (!error && !(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) {
-		fsnotify_link_count(dentry->d_inode);
+		fsnotify_link_count(target);
 		d_delete(dentry);
 	}