diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 99255694cbe9..d179db8074c2 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -411,13 +411,14 @@ static int nilfs_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	inode_set_ctime_current(old_inode);
 
 	nilfs_delete_entry(old_de, old_page);
-	nilfs_put_page(old_page);
 
 	if (dir_de) {
 		nilfs_set_link(old_inode, dir_de, dir_page, new_dir);
 		nilfs_put_page(dir_page);
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 	}
+	nilfs_put_page(old_page);
+
 	nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(old_dir);
 	nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(old_inode);