diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index bf6294a..98a0569 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -323,35 +323,16 @@
 	if (dentry->d_count == 1)
 		might_sleep();
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
-		parent = NULL;
-	else
-		parent = dentry->d_parent;
-	if (dentry->d_count == 1) {
-		if (!spin_trylock(&dcache_inode_lock)) {
-drop2:
-			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			goto repeat;
-		}
-		if (parent && !spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)) {
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_inode_lock);
-			goto drop2;
-		}
-	}
-	dentry->d_count--;
-	if (dentry->d_count) {
+	BUG_ON(!dentry->d_count);
+	if (dentry->d_count > 1) {
+		dentry->d_count--;
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		if (parent)
-			spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * AV: ->d_delete() is _NOT_ allowed to block now.
-	 */
 	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_delete) {
 		if (dentry->d_op->d_delete(dentry))
-			goto unhash_it;
+			goto kill_it;
 	}
 
 	/* Unreachable? Get rid of it */
@@ -362,17 +343,30 @@
 	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_REFERENCED;
 	dentry_lru_add(dentry);
 
- 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (parent)
-		spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_inode_lock);
+	dentry->d_count--;
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	return;
 
-unhash_it:
-	__d_drop(dentry);
 kill_it:
+	if (!spin_trylock(&dcache_inode_lock)) {
+relock:
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		cpu_relax();
+		goto repeat;
+	}
+	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
+		parent = NULL;
+	else
+		parent = dentry->d_parent;
+	if (parent && !spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)) {
+		spin_unlock(&dcache_inode_lock);
+		goto relock;
+	}
+	dentry->d_count--;
 	/* if dentry was on the d_lru list delete it from there */
 	dentry_lru_del(dentry);
+	/* if it was on the hash (d_delete case), then remove it */
+	__d_drop(dentry);
 	dentry = d_kill(dentry, parent);
 	if (dentry)
 		goto repeat;