diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index dc4ae70..9edcf81 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
 	for(;;) {
-		struct inode *inode = d->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(d);
 		if (inode && unlikely(!hlist_empty(&inode->i_fsnotify_marks))) {
 			struct audit_chunk *chunk;
 			chunk = audit_tree_lookup(inode);
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@
 		   unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
-	const struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	const struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
 	struct audit_names *n;
 	bool parent = flags & AUDIT_INODE_PARENT;
 
@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@
 			 const unsigned char type)
 {
 	struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
-	const struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	const struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
 	const char *dname = dentry->d_name.name;
 	struct audit_names *n, *found_parent = NULL, *found_child = NULL;