diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 0ab65122ee45..cb1fb4b9b637 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 
 static inline int simple_positive(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	return dentry->d_inode && !d_unhashed(dentry);
+	return d_really_is_positive(dentry) && !d_unhashed(dentry);
 }
 
 int simple_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		   struct kstat *stat)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
 	stat->blocks = inode->i_mapping->nrpages << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 9);
 	return 0;
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcache_dir_close);
 loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
-	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&d_inode(dentry)->i_mutex);
 	switch (whence) {
 		case 1:
 			offset += file->f_pos;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 			if (offset >= 0)
 				break;
 		default:
-			mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+			mutex_unlock(&d_inode(dentry)->i_mutex);
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	if (offset != file->f_pos) {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&d_inode(dentry)->i_mutex);
 	return offset;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcache_dir_lseek);
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int dcache_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		spin_unlock(&next->d_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		if (!dir_emit(ctx, next->d_name.name, next->d_name.len,
-			      next->d_inode->i_ino, dt_type(next->d_inode)))
+			      d_inode(next)->i_ino, dt_type(d_inode(next))))
 			return 0;
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		spin_lock_nested(&next->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_open);
 
 int simple_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(old_dentry);
 
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	inc_nlink(inode);
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_empty);
 
 int simple_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	drop_nlink(inode);
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ int simple_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (!simple_empty(dentry))
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 
-	drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
+	drop_nlink(d_inode(dentry));
 	simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
 	drop_nlink(dir);
 	return 0;
@@ -328,16 +328,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_rmdir);
 int simple_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(old_dentry);
 	int they_are_dirs = d_is_dir(old_dentry);
 
 	if (!simple_empty(new_dentry))
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode) {
+	if (d_really_is_positive(new_dentry)) {
 		simple_unlink(new_dir, new_dentry);
 		if (they_are_dirs) {
-			drop_nlink(new_dentry->d_inode);
+			drop_nlink(d_inode(new_dentry));
 			drop_nlink(old_dir);
 		}
 	} else if (they_are_dirs) {
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_rename);
  */
 int simple_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	int error;
 
 	error = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index 0ccd4ba3a246..3a5f01319379 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -2299,7 +2299,7 @@ int dquot_quota_on(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
 	if (path->dentry->d_sb != sb)
 		error = -EXDEV;
 	else
-		error = vfs_load_quota_inode(path->dentry->d_inode, type,
+		error = vfs_load_quota_inode(d_inode(path->dentry), type,
 					     format_id, DQUOT_USAGE_ENABLED |
 					     DQUOT_LIMITS_ENABLED);
 	return error;
@@ -2363,20 +2363,20 @@ int dquot_quota_on_mount(struct super_block *sb, char *qf_name,
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	int error;
 
-	mutex_lock(&sb->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&d_inode(sb->s_root)->i_mutex);
 	dentry = lookup_one_len(qf_name, sb->s_root, strlen(qf_name));
-	mutex_unlock(&sb->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&d_inode(sb->s_root)->i_mutex);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
 
-	if (!dentry->d_inode) {
+	if (d_really_is_negative(dentry)) {
 		error = -ENOENT;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	error = security_quota_on(dentry);
 	if (!error)
-		error = vfs_load_quota_inode(dentry->d_inode, type, format_id,
+		error = vfs_load_quota_inode(d_inode(dentry), type, format_id,
 				DQUOT_USAGE_ENABLED | DQUOT_LIMITS_ENABLED);
 
 out: