diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index d5f8c8a190233dc8cd066b065868aca822989128..b1c72a92c14ea7a9aa5d61bf4a904a296bf1ae62 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ static int hpfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		mutex_unlock(&hpfs_i(inode)->i_parent_mutex);
 		dentry_unhash(dentry);
 		if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
-			dput(dentry);
 			hpfs_unlock(dir->i_sb);
 			return -ENOSPC;
 		}
@@ -422,7 +421,6 @@ static int hpfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		    !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ||
 		    get_write_access(inode)) {
 			d_rehash(dentry);
-			dput(dentry);
 		} else {
 			struct iattr newattrs;
 			/*printk("HPFS: truncating file before delete.\n");*/
@@ -430,7 +428,6 @@ static int hpfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 			newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_SIZE | ATTR_CTIME;
 			err = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
 			put_write_access(inode);
-			dput(dentry);
 			if (!err)
 				goto again;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index af5119911704c0d2f604e92136d971da5966a802..8d11187a18d7ca3315a09c17ad8f47633df22fc5 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2545,10 +2545,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(mkdir, const char __user *, pathname, int, mode)
  */
 void dentry_unhash(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	dget(dentry);
 	shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (dentry->d_count == 2)
+	if (dentry->d_count == 1)
 		__d_drop(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 }
@@ -2575,7 +2574,6 @@ int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 				dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
 				dont_mount(dentry);
 			}
-			dput(dentry);
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
@@ -3002,7 +3000,6 @@ static int vfs_rename_dir(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		mutex_unlock(&target->i_mutex);
 		if (d_unhashed(new_dentry))
 			d_rehash(new_dentry);
-		dput(new_dentry);
 	}
 	if (!error)
 		if (!(old_dir->i_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE))
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 47d2a4498b039cc0fa6c397ec1defd4f65c0db11..50f1abccd1cd1ceeb1e5a44b21b508747d834469 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ static int xattr_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!error)
 		d_delete(dentry);
-	dput(dentry);
 
 	return error;
 }