diff --git a/fs/ext3/dir.c b/fs/ext3/dir.c
index 8ca3bfd72427..2eea96ec78ed 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static void free_rb_tree_fname(struct rb_root *root)
 
 	while (n) {
 		/* Do the node's children first */
-		if ((n)->rb_left) {
+		if (n->rb_left) {
 			n = n->rb_left;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -301,24 +301,18 @@ static void free_rb_tree_fname(struct rb_root *root)
 			parent->rb_right = NULL;
 		n = parent;
 	}
-	root->rb_node = NULL;
 }
 
 
-static struct dir_private_info *create_dir_info(loff_t pos)
+static struct dir_private_info *ext3_htree_create_dir_info(loff_t pos)
 {
 	struct dir_private_info *p;
 
-	p = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dir_private_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dir_private_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!p)
 		return NULL;
-	p->root.rb_node = NULL;
-	p->curr_node = NULL;
-	p->extra_fname = NULL;
-	p->last_pos = 0;
 	p->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(pos);
 	p->curr_minor_hash = pos2min_hash(pos);
-	p->next_hash = 0;
 	return p;
 }
 
@@ -433,7 +427,7 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
 	int	ret;
 
 	if (!info) {
-		info = create_dir_info(filp->f_pos);
+		info = ext3_htree_create_dir_info(filp->f_pos);
 		if (!info)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		filp->private_data = info;