* it.
         */
        spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-       if (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && __simple_empty(dentry)) {
+       if (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
                spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
                return -ENOENT;
        }
         * mount it again.
         */
        if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING ||
-           (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && __simple_empty(dentry))) {
+           (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs))) {
                spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
                spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 
        /* Check for a non-mountpoint directory with no contents */
        spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
        if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode) &&
-           !d_mountpoint(dentry) && 
-           __simple_empty(dentry)) {
+           !d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
                DPRINTK("dentry=%p %.*s, emptydir",
                         dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
                spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);