diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 2c0b8dc3dd0d80..9c02f328c966cb 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -4887,13 +4887,15 @@ int ceph_encode_dentry_release(void **p, struct dentry *dentry,
 			       struct inode *dir,
 			       int mds, int drop, int unless)
 {
-	struct dentry *parent = NULL;
 	struct ceph_mds_request_release *rel = *p;
 	struct ceph_dentry_info *di = ceph_dentry(dentry);
 	struct ceph_client *cl;
 	int force = 0;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* This shouldn't happen */
+	BUG_ON(!dir);
+
 	/*
 	 * force an record for the directory caps if we have a dentry lease.
 	 * this is racy (can't take i_ceph_lock and d_lock together), but it
@@ -4903,14 +4905,9 @@ int ceph_encode_dentry_release(void **p, struct dentry *dentry,
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (di->lease_session && di->lease_session->s_mds == mds)
 		force = 1;
-	if (!dir) {
-		parent = dget(dentry->d_parent);
-		dir = d_inode(parent);
-	}
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 
 	ret = ceph_encode_inode_release(p, dir, mds, drop, unless, force);
-	dput(parent);
 
 	cl = ceph_inode_to_client(dir);
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);