diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 494a9def..9b15c5c 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -246,23 +246,6 @@
 	kmem_cache_free(dentry_cache, dentry); 
 }
 
-/*
- * no locks, please.
- */
-static void d_free(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	BUG_ON((int)dentry->d_lockref.count > 0);
-	this_cpu_dec(nr_dentry);
-	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_release)
-		dentry->d_op->d_release(dentry);
-
-	/* if dentry was never visible to RCU, immediate free is OK */
-	if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_RCUACCESS))
-		__d_free(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu);
-	else
-		call_rcu(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu, __d_free);
-}
-
 /**
  * dentry_rcuwalk_barrier - invalidate in-progress rcu-walk lookups
  * @dentry: the target dentry
@@ -420,40 +403,6 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * d_kill - kill dentry and return parent
- * @dentry: dentry to kill
- * @parent: parent dentry
- *
- * The dentry must already be unhashed and removed from the LRU.
- *
- * If this is the root of the dentry tree, return NULL.
- *
- * dentry->d_lock and parent->d_lock must be held by caller, and are dropped by
- * d_kill.
- */
-static struct dentry *d_kill(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
-	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
-	__releases(parent->d_lock)
-	__releases(dentry->d_inode->i_lock)
-{
-	list_del(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
-	/*
-	 * Inform d_walk() that we are no longer attached to the
-	 * dentry tree
-	 */
-	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED;
-	if (parent)
-		spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-	dentry_iput(dentry);
-	/*
-	 * dentry_iput drops the locks, at which point nobody (except
-	 * transient RCU lookups) can reach this dentry.
-	 */
-	d_free(dentry);
-	return parent;
-}
-
-/**
  * d_drop - drop a dentry
  * @dentry: dentry to drop
  *
@@ -546,7 +495,30 @@
 	dentry_lru_del(dentry);
 	/* if it was on the hash then remove it */
 	__d_drop(dentry);
-	return d_kill(dentry, parent);
+	list_del(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
+	/*
+	 * Inform d_walk() that we are no longer attached to the
+	 * dentry tree
+	 */
+	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED;
+	if (parent)
+		spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
+	dentry_iput(dentry);
+	/*
+	 * dentry_iput drops the locks, at which point nobody (except
+	 * transient RCU lookups) can reach this dentry.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON((int)dentry->d_lockref.count > 0);
+	this_cpu_dec(nr_dentry);
+	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_release)
+		dentry->d_op->d_release(dentry);
+
+	/* if dentry was never visible to RCU, immediate free is OK */
+	if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_RCUACCESS))
+		__d_free(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu);
+	else
+		call_rcu(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu, __d_free);
+	return parent;
 }
 
 /*