diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 00c19041adf30c5ebf4a8f545dc303b46b01471c..9edabc7e2e64e4cdf2c09b1ff9775a82617c8670 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -779,12 +779,12 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		if (dentry->d_lockref.count > 1) {
-			dentry->d_lockref.count--;
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(dentry->d_lockref.count <= 0)) {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			return true;
 		}
-		return false;
+		dentry->d_lockref.count--;
+		goto locked;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -842,6 +842,7 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 	 * else could have killed it and marked it dead. Either way, we
 	 * don't need to do anything else.
 	 */
+locked:
 	if (dentry->d_lockref.count) {
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		return true;