diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index beeadca23b05..42e5a766d33c 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ void devpts_pty_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
 	drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
 	fsnotify_unlink(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), dentry);
-	d_delete(dentry);
+	d_drop(dentry);
 	dput(dentry);	/* d_alloc_name() in devpts_pty_new() */
 }