diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 175c66190087..81bfc5b44fa1 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -169,9 +169,11 @@ static int get_parent_ino(struct inode *inode, nid_t *pino)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
-	inode = igrab(inode);
-	dentry = d_find_any_alias(inode);
-	iput(inode);
+	/*
+	 * Make sure to get the non-deleted alias.  The alias associated with
+	 * the open file descriptor being fsync()'ed may be deleted already.
+	 */
+	dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
 	if (!dentry)
 		return 0;