diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
index a345b2d..bd456c6 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 		 dentry, dentry);
 
 	/* Don't cache negative dentries */
-	if (!dentry->d_inode)
+	if (d_really_is_negative(dentry))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 	if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
-	inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	if (!inode)
 		goto out_valid;