diff --git a/security/landlock/fs.c b/security/landlock/fs.c
index a8fa8f77e775..2ab67bcad198 100644
--- a/security/landlock/fs.c
+++ b/security/landlock/fs.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static void release_inode(struct landlock_object *const object)
 	__releases(object->lock)
 {
 	struct inode *const inode = object->underobj;
-	struct super_block *sb;
+	atomic_long_t *inode_refs;
 
 	if (!inode) {
 		spin_unlock(&object->lock);
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ static void release_inode(struct landlock_object *const object)
 	 * Makes sure that if the filesystem is concurrently unmounted,
 	 * hook_sb_delete() will wait for us to finish iput().
 	 */
-	sb = inode->i_sb;
-	atomic_long_inc(&landlock_superblock(sb)->inode_refs);
+	inode_refs = &landlock_superblock(inode->i_sb)->inode_refs;
+	atomic_long_inc(inode_refs);
 	spin_unlock(&object->lock);
 	/*
 	 * Because object->underobj was not NULL, hook_sb_delete() and
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ static void release_inode(struct landlock_object *const object)
 	 */
 
 	iput(inode);
-	if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&landlock_superblock(sb)->inode_refs))
-		wake_up_var(&landlock_superblock(sb)->inode_refs);
+	if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(inode_refs))
+		wake_up_var(inode_refs);
 }
 
 static const struct landlock_object_underops landlock_fs_underops = {