diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index a9681fecbd91..253b9b78d6f1 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -923,7 +923,6 @@ static inline bool fuse_stale_inode(const struct inode *inode, int generation,
 
 static inline void fuse_make_bad(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	remove_inode_hash(inode);
 	set_bit(FUSE_I_BAD, &get_fuse_inode(inode)->state);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index f81000d96887..367e3b276092 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -445,8 +445,11 @@ retry:
 	} else if (fuse_stale_inode(inode, generation, attr)) {
 		/* nodeid was reused, any I/O on the old inode should fail */
 		fuse_make_bad(inode);
-		iput(inode);
-		goto retry;
+		if (inode != d_inode(sb->s_root)) {
+			remove_inode_hash(inode);
+			iput(inode);
+			goto retry;
+		}
 	}
 	fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
 	spin_lock(&fi->lock);