diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index d6409e7..d307556 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 
 out_no_auth:
 	if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry)) {
-		rpc_rmdir(clnt->cl_pathname);
+		rpc_rmdir(clnt->cl_dentry);
 		dput(clnt->cl_dentry);
 		rpc_put_mount();
 	}
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@
 		rpc_destroy_client(clnt->cl_parent);
 		goto out_free;
 	}
-	if (clnt->cl_pathname[0])
-		rpc_rmdir(clnt->cl_pathname);
+	if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry))
+		rpc_rmdir(clnt->cl_dentry);
 	if (clnt->cl_xprt) {
 		xprt_destroy(clnt->cl_xprt);
 		clnt->cl_xprt = NULL;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 9144f27..9c355e1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -684,28 +684,20 @@
 }
 
 int
-rpc_rmdir(char *path)
+rpc_rmdir(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct nameidata nd;
-	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct dentry *parent;
 	struct inode *dir;
 	int error;
 
-	if ((error = rpc_lookup_parent(path, &nd)) != 0)
-		return error;
-	dir = nd.dentry->d_inode;
+	parent = dget_parent(dentry);
+	dir = parent->d_inode;
 	mutex_lock_nested(&dir->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-	dentry = lookup_one_len(nd.last.name, nd.dentry, nd.last.len);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-		goto out_release;
-	}
 	rpc_depopulate(dentry);
 	error = __rpc_rmdir(dir, dentry);
 	dput(dentry);
-out_release:
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
-	rpc_release_path(&nd);
+	dput(parent);
 	return error;
 }