diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index c84269c6e8bf..93f4f5ee07bf 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1766,7 +1766,8 @@ static struct dentry *__d_alloc(struct super_block *sb, const struct qstr *name)
 	char *dname;
 	int err;
 
-	dentry = kmem_cache_alloc(dentry_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	dentry = kmem_cache_alloc_lru(dentry_cache, &sb->s_dentry_lru,
+				      GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dentry)
 		return NULL;