diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 7a5e6f9..1abe88c 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1914,10 +1914,12 @@
 
 	if (root_inode) {
 		res = __d_alloc(root_inode->i_sb, NULL);
-		if (res)
+		if (res) {
+			res->d_flags |= DCACHE_RCUACCESS;
 			d_instantiate(res, root_inode);
-		else
+		} else {
 			iput(root_inode);
+		}
 	}
 	return res;
 }