diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index b658b6baf72f..6b05846c9bed 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1587,8 +1587,8 @@ int fuse_reverse_inval_entry(struct fuse_conn *fc, u64 parent_nodeid,
 {
 	int err = -ENOTDIR;
 	struct inode *parent;
-	struct dentry *dir = NULL;
-	struct dentry *entry = NULL;
+	struct dentry *dir;
+	struct dentry *entry;
 
 	parent = fuse_ilookup(fc, parent_nodeid, NULL);
 	if (!parent)
@@ -1601,19 +1601,11 @@ int fuse_reverse_inval_entry(struct fuse_conn *fc, u64 parent_nodeid,
 	dir = d_find_alias(parent);
 	if (!dir)
 		goto put_parent;
-	while (!entry) {
-		struct dentry *child = try_lookup_noperm(name, dir);
-		if (!child || IS_ERR(child))
-			goto put_parent;
-		entry = start_removing_dentry(dir, child);
-		dput(child);
-		if (IS_ERR(entry))
-			goto put_parent;
-		if (!d_same_name(entry, dir, name)) {
-			end_removing(entry);
-			entry = NULL;
-		}
-	}
+
+	entry = start_removing_noperm(dir, name);
+	dput(dir);
+	if (IS_ERR(entry))
+		goto put_parent;
 
 	fuse_dir_changed(parent);
 	if (!(flags & FUSE_EXPIRE_ONLY))
@@ -1651,7 +1643,6 @@ int fuse_reverse_inval_entry(struct fuse_conn *fc, u64 parent_nodeid,
 
 	end_removing(entry);
  put_parent:
-	dput(dir);
 	iput(parent);
 	return err;
 }