diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 42ae01eefc0767902b4827ef4113199fd6e57a1a..bce851dc03ef96bd18189796c3bb76c0a29901cf 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -441,42 +441,12 @@ void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_drop);
 
-/*
- * Finish off a dentry we've decided to kill.
- * dentry->d_lock must be held, returns with it unlocked.
- * If ref is non-zero, then decrement the refcount too.
- * Returns dentry requiring refcount drop, or NULL if we're done.
- */
-static struct dentry *
-dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry, int unlock_on_failure)
-	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
+static void __dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
 	struct dentry *parent = NULL;
 	bool can_free = true;
-
-	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED)) {
-		can_free = dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_MAY_FREE;
-		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	if (inode && !spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
-relock:
-		if (unlock_on_failure) {
-			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			cpu_relax();
-		}
-		return dentry; /* try again with same dentry */
-	}
 	if (!IS_ROOT(dentry))
 		parent = dentry->d_parent;
-	if (parent && !spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)) {
-		if (inode)
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		goto relock;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * The dentry is now unrecoverably dead to the world.
@@ -520,9 +490,72 @@ dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry, int unlock_on_failure)
 		can_free = false;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-out:
 	if (likely(can_free))
 		dentry_free(dentry);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Finish off a dentry we've decided to kill.
+ * dentry->d_lock must be held, returns with it unlocked.
+ * If ref is non-zero, then decrement the refcount too.
+ * Returns dentry requiring refcount drop, or NULL if we're done.
+ */
+static struct dentry *dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
+	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct dentry *parent = NULL;
+
+	if (inode && unlikely(!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)))
+		goto failed;
+
+	if (!IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
+		parent = dentry->d_parent;
+		if (unlikely(!spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock))) {
+			if (inode)
+				spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+			goto failed;
+		}
+	}
+
+	__dentry_kill(dentry);
+	return parent;
+
+failed:
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	cpu_relax();
+	return dentry; /* try again with same dentry */
+}
+
+static inline struct dentry *lock_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
+	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
+		return NULL;
+	if (likely(spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)))
+		return parent;
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+again:
+	parent = ACCESS_ONCE(dentry->d_parent);
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
+	/*
+	 * We can't blindly lock dentry until we are sure
+	 * that we won't violate the locking order.
+	 * Any changes of dentry->d_parent must have
+	 * been done with parent->d_lock held, so
+	 * spin_lock() above is enough of a barrier
+	 * for checking if it's still our child.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(parent != dentry->d_parent)) {
+		spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
+		goto again;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (parent != dentry)
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	else
+		parent = NULL;
 	return parent;
 }
 
@@ -579,7 +612,7 @@ void dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return;
 
 kill_it:
-	dentry = dentry_kill(dentry, 1);
+	dentry = dentry_kill(dentry);
 	if (dentry)
 		goto repeat;
 }
@@ -797,8 +830,11 @@ static void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *list)
 	struct dentry *dentry, *parent;
 
 	while (!list_empty(list)) {
+		struct inode *inode;
 		dentry = list_entry(list->prev, struct dentry, d_lru);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		parent = lock_parent(dentry);
+
 		/*
 		 * The dispose list is isolated and dentries are not accounted
 		 * to the LRU here, so we can simply remove it from the list
@@ -812,26 +848,33 @@ static void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *list)
 		 */
 		if ((int)dentry->d_lockref.count > 0) {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			if (parent)
+				spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		parent = dentry_kill(dentry, 0);
-		/*
-		 * If dentry_kill returns NULL, we have nothing more to do.
-		 */
-		if (!parent)
+
+		if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED)) {
+			bool can_free = dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_MAY_FREE;
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			if (parent)
+				spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
+			if (can_free)
+				dentry_free(dentry);
 			continue;
+		}
 
-		if (unlikely(parent == dentry)) {
-			/*
-			 * trylocks have failed and d_lock has been held the
-			 * whole time, so it could not have been added to any
-			 * other lists. Just add it back to the shrink list.
-			 */
+		inode = dentry->d_inode;
+		if (inode && unlikely(!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock))) {
 			d_shrink_add(dentry, list);
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			if (parent)
+				spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
+
+		__dentry_kill(dentry);
+
 		/*
 		 * We need to prune ancestors too. This is necessary to prevent
 		 * quadratic behavior of shrink_dcache_parent(), but is also
@@ -839,8 +882,26 @@ static void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *list)
 		 * fragmentation.
 		 */
 		dentry = parent;
-		while (dentry && !lockref_put_or_lock(&dentry->d_lockref))
-			dentry = dentry_kill(dentry, 1);
+		while (dentry && !lockref_put_or_lock(&dentry->d_lockref)) {
+			parent = lock_parent(dentry);
+			if (dentry->d_lockref.count != 1) {
+				dentry->d_lockref.count--;
+				spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+				if (parent)
+					spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
+				break;
+			}
+			inode = dentry->d_inode;	/* can't be NULL */
+			if (unlikely(!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock))) {
+				spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+				if (parent)
+					spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
+				cpu_relax();
+				continue;
+			}
+			__dentry_kill(dentry);
+			dentry = parent;
+		}
 	}
 }