1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 950100e326a1..772efa45a452 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1565,7 +1565,6 @@ int pid_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 		put_task_struct(task);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	d_drop(dentry);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1702,9 +1701,6 @@ out:
 	put_task_struct(task);
 
 out_notask:
-	if (status <= 0)
-		d_drop(dentry);
-
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -2618,8 +2614,7 @@ static void proc_flush_task_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, pid_t pid, pid_t tgid)
 	/* no ->d_hash() rejects on procfs */
 	dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, &name);
 	if (dentry) {
-		shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
-		d_drop(dentry);
+		d_invalidate(dentry);
 		dput(dentry);
 	}
 
@@ -2639,8 +2634,7 @@ static void proc_flush_task_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, pid_t pid, pid_t tgid)
 	name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", pid);
 	dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(dir, &name);
 	if (dentry) {
-		shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
-		d_drop(dentry);
+		d_invalidate(dentry);
 		dput(dentry);
 	}