{
        struct dentry *dir;
 
-       dir = dget(dentry->d_parent);
+       dir = dget_parent(dentry);
        mutex_lock_nested(&(dir->d_inode->i_mutex), I_MUTEX_PARENT);
        return dir;
 }
 
-static void unlock_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-       mutex_unlock(&(dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_mutex));
-       dput(dentry->d_parent);
-}
-
 static void unlock_dir(struct dentry *dir)
 {
        mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
        int rc = 0;
        struct dentry *lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
        struct inode *lower_dir_inode = ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(dir);
+       struct dentry *lower_dir_dentry;
 
-       lock_parent(lower_dentry);
+       lower_dir_dentry = lock_parent(lower_dentry);
        rc = vfs_unlink(lower_dir_inode, lower_dentry);
        if (rc) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "Error in vfs_unlink; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
        dentry->d_inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
        d_drop(dentry);
 out_unlock:
-       unlock_parent(lower_dentry);
+       unlock_dir(lower_dir_dentry);
        return rc;
 }