diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index 5423a6a..8d89f5f 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 int configfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct configfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct iattr * sd_iattr;
 	unsigned int ia_valid = iattr->ia_valid;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 	if (!dentry)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	if (dentry->d_inode)
+	if (d_really_is_positive(dentry))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
 	sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 	if (!inode)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	p_inode = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+	p_inode = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
 	p_inode->i_mtime = p_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	configfs_set_inode_lock_class(sd, inode);
 
@@ -236,11 +236,11 @@
 
 	if (dentry) {
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		if (!d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode) {
+		if (!d_unhashed(dentry) && d_really_is_positive(dentry)) {
 			dget_dlock(dentry);
 			__d_drop(dentry);
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			simple_unlink(parent->d_inode, dentry);
+			simple_unlink(d_inode(parent), dentry);
 		} else
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	}
@@ -251,11 +251,11 @@
 	struct configfs_dirent * sd;
 	struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
 
-	if (dir->d_inode == NULL)
+	if (d_really_is_negative(dir))
 		/* no inode means this hasn't been made visible yet */
 		return;
 
-	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&d_inode(dir)->i_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
 		if (!sd->s_element)
 			continue;
@@ -268,5 +268,5 @@
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&d_inode(dir)->i_mutex);
 }