diff --git a/fs/sysv/dir.c b/fs/sysv/dir.c
index d42291d..8f3555f 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/dir.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 {
 	const char * name = dentry->d_name.name;
 	int namelen = dentry->d_name.len;
-	struct inode * dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+	struct inode * dir = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
 	unsigned long start, n;
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(dir);
 	struct page *page = NULL;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 
 int sysv_add_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+	struct inode *dir = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
 	const char * name = dentry->d_name.name;
 	int namelen = dentry->d_name.len;
 	struct page *page = NULL;