diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index a7675e0109f0..8c1ab8fb5012 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1877,6 +1877,8 @@ struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(const struct dentry *parent,
 		seq = raw_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
 		if (dentry->d_parent != parent)
 			continue;
+		if (d_unhashed(dentry))
+			continue;
 		*seqp = seq;
 
 		if (unlikely(parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE)) {