diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 5947556b6e90..8473c8f0ce22 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -3198,10 +3198,7 @@ static enum d_walk_ret d_genocide_kill(void *data, struct dentry *dentry)
 		if (d_unhashed(dentry) || !dentry->d_inode)
 			return D_WALK_SKIP;
 
-		if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_GENOCIDE)) {
-			dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_GENOCIDE;
-			dentry->d_lockref.count--;
-		}
+		dentry->d_lockref.count--;
 	}
 	return D_WALK_CONTINUE;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index b4324d47f249..981f529c6cb5 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 #define DCACHE_DONTCACHE		BIT(7) /* Purge from memory on final dput() */
 
 #define DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT		BIT(8)
-#define DCACHE_GENOCIDE			BIT(9)
 #define DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST		BIT(10)
 
 #define DCACHE_OP_WEAK_REVALIDATE	BIT(11)