diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index ea7d40cb7053..8d4935978fec 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -357,14 +357,11 @@ static void dentry_unlink_inode(struct dentry * dentry)
 	__releases(dentry->d_inode->i_lock)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	bool hashed = !d_unhashed(dentry);
 
-	if (hashed)
-		raw_write_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
+	raw_write_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
 	__d_clear_type_and_inode(dentry);
 	hlist_del_init(&dentry->d_u.d_alias);
-	if (hashed)
-		raw_write_seqcount_end(&dentry->d_seq);
+	raw_write_seqcount_end(&dentry->d_seq);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	if (!inode->i_nlink)