diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.c b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
index 8295c5b5d4a9..26ca3361a8bc 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static int gfs2_dirent_find_space(const struct gfs2_dirent *dent,
 	unsigned totlen = be16_to_cpu(dent->de_rec_len);
 
 	if (gfs2_dirent_sentinel(dent))
-		actual = GFS2_DIRENT_SIZE(0);
+		actual = 0;
 	if (totlen - actual >= required)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;