diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 4d9df3c940e6..f3dcc6351a16 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ static struct kmem_cache *dentry_cache __read_mostly;
 
 /**
  * read_seqbegin_or_lock - begin a sequence number check or locking block
- * lock: sequence lock
- * seq : sequence number to be checked
+ * @lock: sequence lock
+ * @seq : sequence number to be checked
  *
  * First try it once optimistically without taking the lock. If that fails,
  * take the lock. The sequence number is also used as a marker for deciding
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static inline void read_seqbegin_or_lock(seqlock_t *lock, int *seq)
 	if (!(*seq & 1))	/* Even */
 		*seq = read_seqbegin(lock);
 	else			/* Odd */
-		write_seqlock(lock);
+		read_seqlock_excl(lock);
 }
 
 static inline int need_seqretry(seqlock_t *lock, int seq)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static inline int need_seqretry(seqlock_t *lock, int seq)
 static inline void done_seqretry(seqlock_t *lock, int seq)
 {
 	if (seq & 1)
-		write_sequnlock(lock);
+		read_sequnlock_excl(lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2673,9 +2673,9 @@ static int prepend(char **buffer, int *buflen, const char *str, int namelen)
 
 /**
  * prepend_name - prepend a pathname in front of current buffer pointer
- * buffer: buffer pointer
- * buflen: allocated length of the buffer
- * name:   name string and length qstr structure
+ * @buffer: buffer pointer
+ * @buflen: allocated length of the buffer
+ * @name:   name string and length qstr structure
  *
  * With RCU path tracing, it may race with d_move(). Use ACCESS_ONCE() to
  * make sure that either the old or the new name pointer and length are
@@ -2713,14 +2713,15 @@ static int prepend_name(char **buffer, int *buflen, struct qstr *name)
  * @buffer: pointer to the end of the buffer
  * @buflen: pointer to buffer length
  *
- * The function tries to write out the pathname without taking any lock other
- * than the RCU read lock to make sure that dentries won't go away. It only
- * checks the sequence number of the global rename_lock as any change in the
- * dentry's d_seq will be preceded by changes in the rename_lock sequence
- * number. If the sequence number had been change, it will restart the whole
- * pathname back-tracing sequence again. It performs a total of 3 trials of
- * lockless back-tracing sequences before falling back to take the
- * rename_lock.
+ * The function will first try to write out the pathname without taking any
+ * lock other than the RCU read lock to make sure that dentries won't go away.
+ * It only checks the sequence number of the global rename_lock as any change
+ * in the dentry's d_seq will be preceded by changes in the rename_lock
+ * sequence number. If the sequence number had been changed, it will restart
+ * the whole pathname back-tracing sequence again by taking the rename_lock.
+ * In this case, there is no need to take the RCU read lock as the recursive
+ * parent pointer references will keep the dentry chain alive as long as no
+ * rename operation is performed.
  */
 static int prepend_path(const struct path *path,
 			const struct path *root,