diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 19458d399502..21dffeec755b 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1172,11 +1172,11 @@ void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	isdir = S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode);
 	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) == 1) {
-		/* remove this and other inotify debug checks after 2.6.18 */
-		dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
-
 		dentry_iput(dentry);
 		fsnotify_nameremove(dentry, isdir);
+
+		/* remove this and other inotify debug checks after 2.6.18 */
+		dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
 		return;
 	}