diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 5c09ad7..e6707a1 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -192,9 +192,6 @@
 
 static inline int dentry_cmp(const struct dentry *dentry, const unsigned char *ct, unsigned tcount)
 {
-	if (dentry->d_name.len != tcount)
-		return 1;
-
 	/*
 	 * Be careful about RCU walk racing with rename:
 	 * use ACCESS_ONCE to fetch the name pointer.
@@ -1464,6 +1461,8 @@
 			continue;
 		if (alias->d_parent != entry->d_parent)
 			continue;
+		if (alias->d_name.len != len)
+			continue;
 		if (dentry_cmp(alias, name, len))
 			continue;
 		__dget(alias);
@@ -1882,6 +1881,8 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (dentry->d_name.len != len)
+			continue;
 		if (!dentry_cmp(dentry, str, len))
 			return dentry;
 	}
@@ -1984,6 +1985,8 @@
 						tlen, tname, name))
 				goto next;
 		} else {
+			if (dentry->d_name.len != len)
+				goto next;
 			if (dentry_cmp(dentry, str, len))
 				goto next;
 		}