diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index bbf241a431f27c36d416ef1d259254fe395903db..e83f9df43e64c1af2d5cd3eedee3c1188d7b11cf 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ int pstore_put_backend_records(struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
 	struct pstore_private *pos, *tmp;
 	struct dentry *root;
-	int rc = 0;
 
 	root = psinfo_lock_root();
 	if (!root)
@@ -322,11 +321,8 @@ int pstore_put_backend_records(struct pstore_info *psi)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, tmp, &records_list, list) {
 		if (pos->record->psi == psi) {
 			list_del_init(&pos->list);
-			rc = simple_unlink(d_inode(root), pos->dentry);
-			if (WARN_ON(rc))
-				break;
-			d_drop(pos->dentry);
-			dput(pos->dentry);
+			d_invalidate(pos->dentry);
+			simple_unlink(d_inode(root), pos->dentry);
 			pos->dentry = NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -334,7 +330,7 @@ int pstore_put_backend_records(struct pstore_info *psi)
 
 	inode_unlock(d_inode(root));
 
-	return rc;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*