diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 75659a6fd1f80848a88d8c861e499540fd3c614e..9e5cd3c3a6ba76e8bc95aec9f4dc6c250fb7b2eb 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ char *__d_path(const struct path *path, struct path *root,
 
 	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	prepend(&end, &buflen, "\0", 1);
-	if (!IS_ROOT(dentry) && d_unhashed(dentry) &&
+	if (d_unlinked(dentry) &&
 		(prepend(&end, &buflen, " (deleted)", 10) != 0))
 			goto Elong;
 
@@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ char *dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
 
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	prepend(&end, &buflen, "\0", 1);
-	if (!IS_ROOT(dentry) && d_unhashed(dentry) &&
+	if (d_unlinked(dentry) &&
 		(prepend(&end, &buflen, "//deleted", 9) != 0))
 			goto Elong;
 	if (buflen < 1)
@@ -2097,9 +2097,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(getcwd, char __user *, buf, unsigned long, size)
 	read_unlock(&current->fs->lock);
 
 	error = -ENOENT;
-	/* Has the current directory has been unlinked? */
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	if (IS_ROOT(pwd.dentry) || !d_unhashed(pwd.dentry)) {
+	if (!d_unlinked(pwd.dentry)) {
 		unsigned long len;
 		struct path tmp = root;
 		char * cwd;
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 120b8a6b99ed6579c2124164bc47b689ea7837f7..7e537f0393b58cccd9ac70efe56f0ae0d95199cb 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ static int graft_tree(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct path *path)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	err = -ENOENT;
-	if (IS_ROOT(path->dentry) || !d_unhashed(path->dentry))
+	if (!d_unlinked(path->dentry))
 		err = attach_recursive_mnt(mnt, path, NULL);
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&path->dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ static int do_move_mount(struct path *path, char *old_name)
 	if (IS_DEADDIR(path->dentry->d_inode))
 		goto out1;
 
-	if (!IS_ROOT(path->dentry) && d_unhashed(path->dentry))
+	if (d_unlinked(path->dentry))
 		goto out1;
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
@@ -2129,9 +2129,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pivot_root, const char __user *, new_root,
 	error = -ENOENT;
 	if (IS_DEADDIR(new.dentry->d_inode))
 		goto out2;
-	if (d_unhashed(new.dentry) && !IS_ROOT(new.dentry))
+	if (d_unlinked(new.dentry))
 		goto out2;
-	if (d_unhashed(old.dentry) && !IS_ROOT(old.dentry))
+	if (d_unlinked(old.dentry))
 		goto out2;
 	error = -EBUSY;
 	if (new.mnt == root.mnt ||
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 72ce2ae88591e9ad1fc6681ac8d205dab9dff1b5..30b93b2a01a42891c78ae54f6803f0908c544b7f 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ static inline int d_unhashed(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_UNHASHED);
 }
 
+static inline int d_unlinked(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return d_unhashed(dentry) && !IS_ROOT(dentry);
+}
+
 static inline struct dentry *dget_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dentry *ret;