diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index ff69c260a3b3..34897aeb4a66 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ static int ecryptfs_lookup_interpose(struct dentry *dentry,
 				     struct dentry *lower_dentry,
 				     struct inode *dir_inode)
 {
+	struct path *path = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_path(dentry->d_parent);
 	struct inode *inode, *lower_inode;
 	struct ecryptfs_dentry_info *dentry_info;
-	struct vfsmount *lower_mnt;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	dentry_info = kmem_cache_alloc(ecryptfs_dentry_info_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -344,12 +344,11 @@ static int ecryptfs_lookup_interpose(struct dentry *dentry,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	lower_mnt = mntget(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_mnt(dentry->d_parent));
-	fsstack_copy_attr_atime(dir_inode, d_inode(lower_dentry->d_parent));
+	fsstack_copy_attr_atime(dir_inode, d_inode(path->dentry));
 	BUG_ON(!d_count(lower_dentry));
 
 	ecryptfs_set_dentry_private(dentry, dentry_info);
-	dentry_info->lower_path.mnt = lower_mnt;
+	dentry_info->lower_path.mnt = mntget(path->mnt);
 	dentry_info->lower_path.dentry = lower_dentry;
 
 	/*