diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index cc2b938..9d1a59df 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1483,41 +1483,30 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * d_validate - verify dentry provided from insecure source
+ * d_validate - verify dentry provided from insecure source (deprecated)
  * @dentry: The dentry alleged to be valid child of @dparent
  * @dparent: The parent dentry (known to be valid)
  *
  * An insecure source has sent us a dentry, here we verify it and dget() it.
  * This is used by ncpfs in its readdir implementation.
  * Zero is returned in the dentry is invalid.
+ *
+ * This function is slow for big directories, and deprecated, do not use it.
  */
- 
 int d_validate(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *dparent)
 {
-	struct hlist_head *base;
-	struct hlist_node *lhp;
-
-	/* Check whether the ptr might be valid at all.. */
-	if (!kmem_ptr_validate(dentry_cache, dentry))
-		goto out;
-
-	if (dentry->d_parent != dparent)
-		goto out;
+	struct dentry *child;
 
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	base = d_hash(dparent, dentry->d_name.hash);
-	hlist_for_each(lhp,base) { 
-		/* hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() not required for d_hash list
-		 * as it is parsed under dcache_lock
-		 */
-		if (dentry == hlist_entry(lhp, struct dentry, d_hash)) {
+	list_for_each_entry(child, &dparent->d_subdirs, d_u.d_child) {
+		if (dentry == child) {
 			__dget_locked(dentry);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 			return 1;
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-out:
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_validate);