diff --git a/fs/jffs2/write.c b/fs/jffs2/write.c
index 776f13cbf2b5..beade550909c 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/write.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/write.c
@@ -582,9 +582,9 @@ int jffs2_do_unlink(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_inode_info *dir_f,
 		jffs2_add_fd_to_list(c, fd, &dir_f->dents);
 		up(&dir_f->sem);
 	} else {
-		struct jffs2_full_dirent *fd = dir_f->dents;
 		uint32_t nhash = full_name_hash(name, namelen);
 
+		fd = dir_f->dents;
 		/* We don't actually want to reserve any space, but we do
 		   want to be holding the alloc_sem when we write to flash */
 		down(&c->alloc_sem);