diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c b/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c
index f1ea610..866bb18 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 	/* Corresponding dput() and mntput() are done when the
 	 * lower file is fput() when all eCryptfs files for the inode are
 	 * released. */
-	flags |= IS_RDONLY(lower_dentry->d_inode) ? O_RDONLY : O_RDWR;
+	flags |= IS_RDONLY(d_inode(lower_dentry)) ? O_RDONLY : O_RDWR;
 	(*lower_file) = dentry_open(&req.path, flags, cred);
 	if (!IS_ERR(*lower_file))
 		goto out;