diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/assigned-dev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/assigned-dev.c
index 6eb5c20ee373..d090ecf08809 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/assigned-dev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/assigned-dev.c
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ static int probe_sysfs_permissions(struct pci_dev *dev)
 		if (r)
 			return r;
 
-		inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
+		inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
 
 		r = inode_permission(inode, MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_ACCESS);
 		path_put(&path);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index ba01a8d22d28..5f58635b8360 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -1164,9 +1164,9 @@ static struct mtd_info * __init open_mtd_by_chdev(const char *mtd_dev)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
 	/* MTD device number is defined by the major / minor numbers */
-	major = imajor(path.dentry->d_inode);
-	minor = iminor(path.dentry->d_inode);
-	mode = path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode;
+	major = imajor(d_backing_inode(path.dentry));
+	minor = iminor(d_backing_inode(path.dentry));
+	mode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry)->i_mode;
 	path_put(&path);
 	if (major != MTD_CHAR_MAJOR || !S_ISCHR(mode))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
index 478e00cf2d9e..e844887732fb 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume_path(const char *pathname, int mode)
 	if (error)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 
-	inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
 	mod = inode->i_mode;
 	ubi_num = ubi_major2num(imajor(inode));
 	vol_id = iminor(inode) - 1;
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 897ee0503932..79b4fa3b391d 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ struct block_device *lookup_bdev(const char *pathname)
 	if (error)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 
-	inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
 	error = -ENOTBLK;
 	if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
 		goto fail;
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 3a48bb789c9f..84bb65b83570 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -774,12 +774,12 @@ posix_acl_xattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int error;
 
-	if (!IS_POSIXACL(dentry->d_inode))
+	if (!IS_POSIXACL(d_backing_inode(dentry)))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	if (d_is_symlink(dentry))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	acl = get_acl(dentry->d_inode, type);
+	acl = get_acl(d_backing_inode(dentry), type);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
 	if (acl == NULL)
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ static int
 posix_acl_xattr_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		const void *value, size_t size, int flags, int type)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
 	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ posix_acl_xattr_list(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t list_size,
 	const char *xname;
 	size_t size;
 
-	if (!IS_POSIXACL(dentry->d_inode))
+	if (!IS_POSIXACL(d_backing_inode(dentry)))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	if (d_is_symlink(dentry))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index 19636af5e75c..cccc1aab9a8b 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_fillattr);
  */
 int vfs_getattr_nosec(struct path *path, struct kstat *stat)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(path->dentry);
 
 	if (inode->i_op->getattr)
 		return inode->i_op->getattr(path->mnt, path->dentry, stat);
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(readlinkat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname,
 retry:
 	error = user_path_at_empty(dfd, pathname, lookup_flags, &path, &empty);
 	if (!error) {
-		struct inode *inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
 
 		error = empty ? -ENOENT : -EINVAL;
 		if (inode->i_op->readlink) {