diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 227b409b8406..4d4cc6a90cd5 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -521,8 +521,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct dentry *lower_dir_dentry;
 	int rc;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
 	dget(dentry);
 	lower_dir_dentry = lock_parent(lower_dentry);
@@ -573,9 +571,6 @@ ecryptfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct dentry *lower_new_dir_dentry;
 	struct dentry *trap = NULL;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	lower_old_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(old_dentry);
 	lower_new_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(new_dentry);
 	dget(lower_old_dentry);