diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 10a17a37ec4e..5356d95343f3 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int __rpc_create_common(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	BUG_ON(!d_unhashed(dentry));
+	d_drop(dentry);
 	inode = rpc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode);
 	if (!inode)
 		goto out_err;