diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index b4fe0ee08942..00cd85f18bcc 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2639,8 +2639,7 @@ static void proc_flush_task_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, pid_t pid, pid_t tgid)
 	/* no ->d_hash() rejects on procfs */
 	dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, &name);
 	if (dentry) {
-		shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
-		d_drop(dentry);
+		d_invalidate(dentry);
 		dput(dentry);
 	}
 
@@ -2660,8 +2659,7 @@ static void proc_flush_task_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, pid_t pid, pid_t tgid)
 	name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", pid);
 	dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(dir, &name);
 	if (dentry) {
-		shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
-		d_drop(dentry);
+		d_invalidate(dentry);
 		dput(dentry);
 	}