diff --git a/fs/btrfs/export.c b/fs/btrfs/export.c
index 6f0444473594..659f532d26a0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/export.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/export.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static struct dentry *btrfs_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fh,
 static struct dentry *btrfs_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 {
 	struct inode *dir = child->d_inode;
-	static struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(dir)->root;
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
 	struct extent_buffer *leaf;