diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 8b8f5e6d20bce2a9c4c21efe1f83c5a35a92746d..5266ea7b922b76d1977dea57cc7c227594c49285 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static struct sock *unix_find_socket_byinode(struct inode *i)
 		    &unix_socket_table[i->i_ino & (UNIX_HASH_SIZE - 1)]) {
 		struct dentry *dentry = unix_sk(s)->path.dentry;
 
-		if (dentry && dentry->d_inode == i) {
+		if (dentry && d_backing_inode(dentry) == i) {
 			sock_hold(s);
 			goto found;
 		}
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ static struct sock *unix_find_other(struct net *net,
 		err = kern_path(sunname->sun_path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
 		if (err)
 			goto fail;
-		inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
+		inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
 		err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
 		if (err)
 			goto put_fail;
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static int unix_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 			goto out_up;
 		}
 		addr->hash = UNIX_HASH_SIZE;
-		hash = path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino & (UNIX_HASH_SIZE-1);
+		hash = d_backing_inode(path.dentry)->i_ino & (UNIX_HASH_SIZE-1);
 		spin_lock(&unix_table_lock);
 		u->path = path;
 		list = &unix_socket_table[hash];
diff --git a/net/unix/diag.c b/net/unix/diag.c
index ef542fbca9fe52dd85f6946e9d65ee8a28f6340e..c512f64d528766f940b30236bf3e3c8fa2047661 100644
--- a/net/unix/diag.c
+++ b/net/unix/diag.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static int sk_diag_dump_vfs(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *nlskb)
 
 	if (dentry) {
 		struct unix_diag_vfs uv = {
-			.udiag_vfs_ino = dentry->d_inode->i_ino,
+			.udiag_vfs_ino = d_backing_inode(dentry)->i_ino,
 			.udiag_vfs_dev = dentry->d_sb->s_dev,
 		};