diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 6a5e26a529e1..7e5cb92feab3 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4872,8 +4872,7 @@ int vfs_rename(struct renamedata *rd)
 			d_exchange(old_dentry, new_dentry);
 	}
 out:
-	if (source)
-		inode_unlock(source);
+	inode_unlock(source);
 	if (target)
 		inode_unlock(target);
 	dput(new_dentry);