diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 068a9e5..b7cd652 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1454,20 +1454,18 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&p1->d_inode->i_sb->s_vfs_rename_mutex);
 
-	for (p = p1; !IS_ROOT(p); p = p->d_parent) {
-		if (p->d_parent == p2) {
-			mutex_lock_nested(&p2->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-			mutex_lock_nested(&p1->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
-			return p;
-		}
+	p = d_ancestor(p2, p1);
+	if (p) {
+		mutex_lock_nested(&p2->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+		mutex_lock_nested(&p1->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
+		return p;
 	}
 
-	for (p = p2; !IS_ROOT(p); p = p->d_parent) {
-		if (p->d_parent == p1) {
-			mutex_lock_nested(&p1->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-			mutex_lock_nested(&p2->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
-			return p;
-		}
+	p = d_ancestor(p1, p2);
+	if (p) {
+		mutex_lock_nested(&p1->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+		mutex_lock_nested(&p2->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
+		return p;
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock_nested(&p1->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);