diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index c83cae1..a88948b 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@
 		 */
 		if (read_seqcount_retry(&dentry->d_seq, *seq))
 			goto seqretry;
-		if (parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE) {
+		if (unlikely(parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE)) {
 			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, *inode,
 						dentry, i,
 						tlen, tname, name))