diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index cb733652ecca..2992cebb7866 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1805,8 +1805,8 @@ void configfs_unregister_group(struct config_group *group)
 	configfs_detach_group(&group->cg_item);
 	d_inode(dentry)->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
 	dont_mount(dentry);
+	d_drop(dentry);
 	fsnotify_rmdir(d_inode(parent), dentry);
-	d_delete(dentry);
 	inode_unlock(d_inode(parent));
 
 	dput(dentry);
@@ -1947,10 +1947,10 @@ void configfs_unregister_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
 	configfs_detach_group(&group->cg_item);
 	d_inode(dentry)->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
 	dont_mount(dentry);
-	fsnotify_rmdir(d_inode(root), dentry);
 	inode_unlock(d_inode(dentry));
 
-	d_delete(dentry);
+	d_drop(dentry);
+	fsnotify_rmdir(d_inode(root), dentry);
 
 	inode_unlock(d_inode(root));
 
diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index 42e5a766d33c..4f25015aa534 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -621,8 +621,8 @@ void devpts_pty_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
 	drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
-	fsnotify_unlink(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), dentry);
 	d_drop(dentry);
+	fsnotify_unlink(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), dentry);
 	dput(dentry);	/* d_alloc_name() in devpts_pty_new() */
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index f6328ae9b2da..055cc0458f27 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -1247,7 +1247,8 @@ static void nfsdfs_remove_file(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	clear_ncl(d_inode(dentry));
 	dget(dentry);
 	ret = simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
-	d_delete(dentry);
+	d_drop(dentry);
+	fsnotify_unlink(dir, dentry);
 	dput(dentry);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
 }
@@ -1336,8 +1337,8 @@ void nfsd_client_rmdir(struct dentry *dentry)
 	dget(dentry);
 	ret = simple_rmdir(dir, dentry);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
+	d_drop(dentry);
 	fsnotify_rmdir(dir, dentry);
-	d_delete(dentry);
 	dput(dentry);
 	inode_unlock(dir);
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 37792675ed57..3b825942e2f6 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -599,9 +599,9 @@ static int __rpc_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	dget(dentry);
 	ret = simple_rmdir(dir, dentry);
+	d_drop(dentry);
 	if (!ret)
 		fsnotify_rmdir(dir, dentry);
-	d_delete(dentry);
 	dput(dentry);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -612,9 +612,9 @@ static int __rpc_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	dget(dentry);
 	ret = simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
+	d_drop(dentry);
 	if (!ret)
 		fsnotify_unlink(dir, dentry);
-	d_delete(dentry);
 	dput(dentry);
 	return ret;
 }