diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 2a7eaac0c3ef9601b0eb36c9ea0dee927f387d66..926df08eeb0c930716d1b63b623dfdfe1567dfda 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -643,6 +643,10 @@ static inline bool limit_negative_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent;
 
+	/* The dentry is now unrecoverably dead, shuoldn't limit */
+	if (unlikely(dentry->d_lockref.count < 0))
+		return false;
+
 	parent = dentry->d_parent;
 	if (unlikely(!parent))
 		return false;