diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 0637149fb9f9..206d3b56e8f1 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ __dentry_leases_walk(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 		if (!spin_trylock(&dentry->d_lock))
 			continue;
 
-		if (dentry->d_lockref.count < 0) {
+		if (__lockref_is_dead(&dentry->d_lockref)) {
 			list_del_init(&di->lease_list);
 			goto next;
 		}