diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 9e6e6db76869b7770a8c8110698b40eae27a2d0d..2a4ce7dc23066169cbdbdcd7775aae12dcb8a9d9 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1793,6 +1793,9 @@ seqretry:
 		tlen = dentry->d_name.len;
 		tname = dentry->d_name.name;
 		i = dentry->d_inode;
+		prefetch(tname);
+		if (i)
+			prefetch(i);
 		/*
 		 * This seqcount check is required to ensure name and
 		 * len are loaded atomically, so as not to walk off the