diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 1dc738a8815da..3a0f252cc1b8f 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -244,6 +244,15 @@ static void __d_free(struct rcu_head *head)
 	kmem_cache_free(dentry_cache, dentry); 
 }
 
+static void dentry_free(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	/* if dentry was never visible to RCU, immediate free is OK */
+	if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_RCUACCESS))
+		__d_free(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu);
+	else
+		call_rcu(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu, __d_free);
+}
+
 /**
  * dentry_rcuwalk_barrier - invalidate in-progress rcu-walk lookups
  * @dentry: the target dentry
@@ -511,11 +520,7 @@ dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry, int unlock_on_failure)
 	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_release)
 		dentry->d_op->d_release(dentry);
 
-	/* if dentry was never visible to RCU, immediate free is OK */
-	if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_RCUACCESS))
-		__d_free(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu);
-	else
-		call_rcu(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu, __d_free);
+	dentry_free(dentry);
 	return parent;
 }