diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 377e9bb0974f..b2d004ad66a0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4018,7 +4018,8 @@ struct inode *btrfs_lookup_dentry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		memcpy(&location, dentry->d_fsdata, sizeof(struct btrfs_key));
 		kfree(dentry->d_fsdata);
 		dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
-		d_clear_need_lookup(dentry);
+		/* This thing is hashed, drop it for now */
+		d_drop(dentry);
 	} else {
 		ret = btrfs_inode_by_name(dir, dentry, &location);
 	}
@@ -4085,7 +4086,15 @@ static void btrfs_dentry_release(struct dentry *dentry)
 static struct dentry *btrfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 				   struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	return d_splice_alias(btrfs_lookup_dentry(dir, dentry), dentry);
+	struct dentry *ret;
+
+	ret = d_splice_alias(btrfs_lookup_dentry(dir, dentry), dentry);
+	if (unlikely(d_need_lookup(dentry))) {
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_NEED_LOOKUP;
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 unsigned char btrfs_filetype_table[] = {