--- x/fs/namei.c
+++ y/fs/namei.c
@@ -5561,7 +5561,6 @@ retry_deleg:
 		goto exit_drop_write;
 	}
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	ihold(inode);
 	error = security_path_unlink(&path, dentry);
 	if (error)
 		goto exit_end_dirop;
@@ -5569,7 +5568,6 @@ retry_deleg:
 			   dentry, &delegated_inode);
 exit_end_dirop:
 	end_dirop(dentry);
-	iput(inode);	/* truncate the inode here */
 	if (is_delegated(&delegated_inode)) {
 		error = break_deleg_wait(&delegated_inode);
 		if (!error)