diff --git a/fs/ext3/dir.c b/fs/ext3/dir.c
index dd91264..87eccbb 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 	int i, stored;
 	struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *de;
 	int err;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int dir_has_error = 0;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 		 * We don't set the inode dirty flag since it's not
 		 * critical that it get flushed back to the disk.
 		 */
-		EXT3_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->i_flags &= ~EXT3_INDEX_FL;
+		EXT3_I(file_inode(filp))->i_flags &= ~EXT3_INDEX_FL;
 	}
 	stored = 0;
 	offset = filp->f_pos & (sb->s_blocksize - 1);
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
 {
 	struct dir_private_info *info = filp->private_data;
 	loff_t	curr_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block * sb;
 	int error;
 
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
 			 void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	struct dir_private_info *info = filp->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct fname *fname;
 	int	ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
index 677a5c2..4d96e9a 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 long ext3_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
 	unsigned int flags;
 	unsigned short rsv_window_size;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 890b894..61fa09e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
 
 	dxtrace(printk("In htree_fill_tree, start hash: %x:%x\n", start_hash,
 		       start_minor_hash));
-	dir = dir_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	dir = file_inode(dir_file);
 	if (!(EXT3_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT3_INDEX_FL)) {
 		hinfo.hash_version = EXT3_SB(dir->i_sb)->s_def_hash_version;
 		if (hinfo.hash_version <= DX_HASH_TEA)
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
 	}
 	hinfo.hash = start_hash;
 	hinfo.minor_hash = 0;
-	frame = dx_probe(NULL, dir_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, &hinfo, frames, &err);
+	frame = dx_probe(NULL, file_inode(dir_file), &hinfo, frames, &err);
 	if (!frame)
 		return err;