diff --git a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
index 8963203319ea..3b0d31fdf81b 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ static void aafs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
 			simple_rmdir(dir, dentry);
 		else
 			simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
+		d_delete(dentry);
 		dput(dentry);
 	}
 	inode_unlock(dir);