diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 29abdb1d3b5c..6509ec3cb373 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -940,8 +940,8 @@ static char *ovl_get_redirect(struct dentry *dentry, bool abs_redirect)
 
 		buflen -= thislen;
 		memcpy(&buf[buflen], name, thislen);
-		tmp = dget_dlock(d->d_parent);
 		spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
+		tmp = dget_parent(d);
 
 		dput(d);
 		d = tmp;