diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 72dca33..dcd4802 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode) &&
 	    !d_mountpoint(dentry) && 
-	    simple_empty_nolock(dentry)) {
+	    __simple_empty(dentry)) {
 		DPRINTK("dentry=%p %.*s, emptydir",
 			 dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);