diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 546a31cbe724..8cbff27dbc86 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ enum {
  */
 int exfat_find_dir_entry(struct super_block *sb, struct exfat_inode_info *ei,
 		struct exfat_chain *p_dir, struct exfat_uni_name *p_uniname,
-		int num_entries, unsigned int type, struct exfat_hint *hint_opt)
+		struct exfat_hint *hint_opt)
 {
 	int i, rewind = 0, dentry = 0, end_eidx = 0, num_ext = 0, len;
 	int order, step, name_len = 0;
@@ -978,6 +978,10 @@ int exfat_find_dir_entry(struct super_block *sb, struct exfat_inode_info *ei,
 	struct exfat_hint *hint_stat = &ei->hint_stat;
 	struct exfat_hint_femp candi_empty;
 	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = EXFAT_SB(sb);
+	int num_entries = exfat_calc_num_entries(p_uniname);
+
+	if (num_entries < 0)
+		return num_entries;
 
 	dentries_per_clu = sbi->dentries_per_clu;
 
@@ -1031,10 +1035,8 @@ rewind:
 				step = DIRENT_STEP_FILE;
 				hint_opt->clu = clu.dir;
 				hint_opt->eidx = i;
-				if (type == TYPE_ALL || type == entry_type) {
-					num_ext = ep->dentry.file.num_ext;
-					step = DIRENT_STEP_STRM;
-				}
+				num_ext = ep->dentry.file.num_ext;
+				step = DIRENT_STEP_STRM;
 				brelse(bh);
 				continue;
 			}
diff --git a/exfat_fs.h b/exfat_fs.h
index b3d6fe6c621b..10621f18886b 100644
--- a/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/exfat_fs.h
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ enum {
 #define TYPE_PADDING		0x0402
 #define TYPE_ACLTAB		0x0403
 #define TYPE_BENIGN_SEC		0x0800
-#define TYPE_ALL		0x0FFF
 
 #define MAX_CHARSET_SIZE	6 /* max size of multi-byte character */
 #define MAX_NAME_LENGTH		255 /* max len of file name excluding NULL */
@@ -526,7 +525,7 @@ void exfat_update_dir_chksum_with_entry_set(struct exfat_entry_set_cache *es);
 int exfat_calc_num_entries(struct exfat_uni_name *p_uniname);
 int exfat_find_dir_entry(struct super_block *sb, struct exfat_inode_info *ei,
 		struct exfat_chain *p_dir, struct exfat_uni_name *p_uniname,
-		int num_entries, unsigned int type, struct exfat_hint *hint_opt);
+		struct exfat_hint *hint_opt);
 int exfat_alloc_new_dir(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *clu);
 struct exfat_dentry *exfat_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 		struct exfat_chain *p_dir, int entry, struct buffer_head **bh);
diff --git a/namei.c b/namei.c
index aef80072fc90..8814f762232e 100644
--- a/namei.c
+++ b/namei.c
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ unlock:
 static int exfat_find(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *qname,
 		struct exfat_dir_entry *info)
 {
-	int ret, dentry, num_entries, count;
+	int ret, dentry, count;
 	struct exfat_chain cdir;
 	struct exfat_uni_name uni_name;
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
@@ -666,10 +666,6 @@ static int exfat_find(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *qname,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	num_entries = exfat_calc_num_entries(&uni_name);
-	if (num_entries < 0)
-		return num_entries;
-
 	/* check the validation of hint_stat and initialize it if required */
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 16, 0)
 	if (ei->version != (inode_peek_iversion_raw(dir) & 0xffffffff)) {
@@ -687,9 +683,7 @@ static int exfat_find(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *qname,
 	}
 
 	/* search the file name for directories */
-	dentry = exfat_find_dir_entry(sb, ei, &cdir, &uni_name,
-			num_entries, TYPE_ALL, &hint_opt);
-
+	dentry = exfat_find_dir_entry(sb, ei, &cdir, &uni_name, &hint_opt);
 	if (dentry < 0)
 		return dentry; /* -error value */