diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index 60727db7b0a3..5423a6a6ecc8 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void configfs_drop_dentry(struct configfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * parent)
 
 	if (dentry) {
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		if (!(d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode)) {
+		if (!d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode) {
 			dget_dlock(dentry);
 			__d_drop(dentry);
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);