diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 15a09cb156ce..2f40482347af 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ static int start_ordered_ops(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, loff_t end)
  */
 int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file_dentry(file);
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;