diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 1e20fa94fcf6..f82da361a823 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3004,8 +3004,7 @@ extern int ext4_da_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
 					 struct page *page);
 extern int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle,
 				     struct ext4_filename *fname,
-				     struct dentry *dentry,
-				     struct inode *inode);
+				     struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode);
 extern int ext4_try_create_inline_dir(handle_t *handle,
 				      struct inode *parent,
 				      struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index d884989cc83d..dfe3b9bafc0d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -995,12 +995,11 @@ void ext4_show_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *bh,
  */
 static int ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle_t *handle,
 				     struct ext4_filename *fname,
-				     struct dentry *dentry,
+				     struct inode *dir,
 				     struct inode *inode,
 				     struct ext4_iloc *iloc,
 				     void *inline_start, int inline_size)
 {
-	struct inode	*dir = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
 	int		err;
 	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
 
@@ -1245,12 +1244,11 @@ out:
  * the new created block.
  */
 int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
-			      struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
+			      struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int ret, inline_size;
 	void *inline_start;
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
-	struct inode *dir = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
 
 	ret = ext4_get_inode_loc(dir, &iloc);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1264,7 +1262,7 @@ int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
 						 EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE;
 	inline_size = EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE - EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE;
 
-	ret = ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle, fname, dentry, inode, &iloc,
+	ret = ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle, fname, dir, inode, &iloc,
 					inline_start, inline_size);
 	if (ret != -ENOSPC)
 		goto out;
@@ -1285,7 +1283,7 @@ int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
 	if (inline_size) {
 		inline_start = ext4_get_inline_xattr_pos(dir, &iloc);
 
-		ret = ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle, fname, dentry,
+		ret = ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle, fname, dir,
 						inode, &iloc, inline_start,
 						inline_size);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index a969ab39f302..06c3afcbfac8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_dx_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 		struct ext4_filename *fname,
 		struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **res_dir);
 static int ext4_dx_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
-			     struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode);
+			     struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode);
 
 /* checksumming functions */
 void initialize_dirent_tail(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail *t,
@@ -1928,10 +1928,9 @@ static int add_dirent_to_buf(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
  * directory, and adds the dentry to the indexed directory.
  */
 static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
-			    struct dentry *dentry,
+			    struct inode *dir,
 			    struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	struct inode	*dir = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
 	struct buffer_head *bh2;
 	struct dx_root	*root;
 	struct dx_frame	frames[2], *frame;
@@ -2086,8 +2085,7 @@ static int ext4_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 		return retval;
 
 	if (ext4_has_inline_data(dir)) {
-		retval = ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle, &fname,
-						   dentry, inode);
+		retval = ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle, &fname, dir, inode);
 		if (retval < 0)
 			goto out;
 		if (retval == 1) {
@@ -2097,7 +2095,7 @@ static int ext4_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	if (is_dx(dir)) {
-		retval = ext4_dx_add_entry(handle, &fname, dentry, inode);
+		retval = ext4_dx_add_entry(handle, &fname, dir, inode);
 		if (!retval || (retval != ERR_BAD_DX_DIR))
 			goto out;
 		ext4_clear_inode_flag(dir, EXT4_INODE_INDEX);
@@ -2119,7 +2117,7 @@ static int ext4_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 		if (blocks == 1 && !dx_fallback &&
 		    ext4_has_feature_dir_index(sb)) {
-			retval = make_indexed_dir(handle, &fname, dentry,
+			retval = make_indexed_dir(handle, &fname, dir,
 						  inode, bh);
 			bh = NULL; /* make_indexed_dir releases bh */
 			goto out;
@@ -2154,12 +2152,11 @@ out:
  * Returns 0 for success, or a negative error value
  */
 static int ext4_dx_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
-			     struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
+			     struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct dx_frame frames[2], *frame;
 	struct dx_entry *entries, *at;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	struct inode *dir = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
 	int err;