diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 516c31dab97c..ed5c5d496ee9 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -296,8 +296,6 @@ static int ext2_rmdir (struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int err = -ENOTEMPTY;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	if (ext2_empty_dir(inode)) {
 		err = ext2_unlink(dir, dentry);
 		if (!err) {
@@ -320,9 +318,6 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
 	struct ext2_dir_entry_2 * old_de;
 	int err = -ENOENT;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	dquot_initialize(old_dir);
 	dquot_initialize(new_dir);