int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+       struct inode *target = dentry->d_inode;
        int error = may_delete(dir, dentry, 0);
 
        if (error)
        if (!dir->i_op->unlink)
                return -EPERM;
 
-       mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+       mutex_lock(&target->i_mutex);
        if (d_mountpoint(dentry))
                error = -EBUSY;
        else {
                                dont_mount(dentry);
                }
        }
-       mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+       mutex_unlock(&target->i_mutex);
 
        /* We don't d_delete() NFS sillyrenamed files--they still exist. */
        if (!error && !(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) {
-               fsnotify_link_count(dentry->d_inode);
+               fsnotify_link_count(target);
                d_delete(dentry);
        }