diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index 1d82336b1cd4..3bf6cb8e55f6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ static int ext4_d_compare(const struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int len,
 {
 	struct qstr qstr = {.name = str, .len = len };
 	const struct dentry *parent = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_parent);
-	const struct inode *inode = READ_ONCE(parent->d_inode);
+	const struct inode *inode = d_inode_rcu(parent);
 	char strbuf[DNAME_INLINE_LEN];
 
 	if (!inode || !IS_CASEFOLDED(inode) ||
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static int ext4_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str)
 {
 	const struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(dentry->d_sb);
 	const struct unicode_map *um = sbi->s_encoding;
-	const struct inode *inode = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_inode);
+	const struct inode *inode = d_inode_rcu(dentry);
 	unsigned char *norm;
 	int len, ret = 0;