diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 2c4e05160042..20c106f24927 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -845,8 +845,6 @@ static int afs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	_enter("{%x:%u},{%s}",
 	       dvnode->fid.vid, dvnode->fid.vnode, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	ret = -ENAMETOOLONG;
 	if (dentry->d_name.len >= AFSNAMEMAX)
 		goto error;
@@ -1148,9 +1146,6 @@ static int afs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct key *key;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	vnode = AFS_FS_I(old_dentry->d_inode);
 	orig_dvnode = AFS_FS_I(old_dir);
 	new_dvnode = AFS_FS_I(new_dir);