diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
index cd363e2fc071..3a8ff6d4a1b0 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ static inline unsigned int nilfs_chunk_size(struct inode *inode)
 	return inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 }
 
-static inline void nilfs_put_page(struct page *page)
-{
-	kunmap(page);
-	put_page(page);
-}
-
 /*
  * Return the offset into page `page_nr' of the last valid
  * byte in that page, plus one.
@@ -450,7 +444,6 @@ int nilfs_inode_by_name(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *qstr, ino_t *ino)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Releases the page */
 void nilfs_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct nilfs_dir_entry *de,
 		    struct page *page, struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -465,7 +458,6 @@ void nilfs_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct nilfs_dir_entry *de,
 	de->inode = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ino);
 	nilfs_set_de_type(de, inode);
 	nilfs_commit_chunk(page, mapping, from, to);
-	nilfs_put_page(page);
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
 }
 
@@ -569,7 +561,7 @@ out_unlock:
 
 /*
  * nilfs_delete_entry deletes a directory entry by merging it with the
- * previous entry. Page is up-to-date. Releases the page.
+ * previous entry. Page is up-to-date.
  */
 int nilfs_delete_entry(struct nilfs_dir_entry *dir, struct page *page)
 {
@@ -605,7 +597,6 @@ int nilfs_delete_entry(struct nilfs_dir_entry *dir, struct page *page)
 	nilfs_commit_chunk(page, mapping, from, to);
 	inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = current_time(inode);
 out:
-	nilfs_put_page(page);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 446af9c21a29..9c5e169730e2 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ static int nilfs_do_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		set_nlink(inode, 1);
 	}
 	err = nilfs_delete_entry(de, page);
+	nilfs_put_page(page);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ static int nilfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			goto out_dir;
 		}
 		nilfs_set_link(new_dir, new_de, new_page, old_inode);
+		nilfs_put_page(new_page);
 		nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(new_dir);
 		new_inode->i_ctime = current_time(new_inode);
 		if (dir_de)
@@ -426,9 +428,11 @@ static int nilfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	old_inode->i_ctime = current_time(old_inode);
 
 	nilfs_delete_entry(old_de, old_page);
+	nilfs_put_page(old_page);
 
 	if (dir_de) {
 		nilfs_set_link(old_inode, dir_de, dir_page, new_dir);
+		nilfs_put_page(dir_page);
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 	}
 	nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(old_dir);
@@ -438,13 +442,10 @@ static int nilfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	return err;
 
 out_dir:
-	if (dir_de) {
-		kunmap(dir_page);
-		put_page(dir_page);
-	}
+	if (dir_de)
+		nilfs_put_page(dir_page);
 out_old:
-	kunmap(old_page);
-	put_page(old_page);
+	nilfs_put_page(old_page);
 out:
 	nilfs_transaction_abort(old_dir->i_sb);
 	return err;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index 973231603ff6..22d9cb156292 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ extern struct nilfs_dir_entry *nilfs_dotdot(struct inode *, struct page **);
 extern void nilfs_set_link(struct inode *, struct nilfs_dir_entry *,
 			   struct page *, struct inode *);
 
+static inline void nilfs_put_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	kunmap(page);
+	put_page(page);
+}
+
 /* file.c */
 extern int nilfs_sync_file(struct file *, loff_t, loff_t, int);