diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 8938536d8d3c..86779a6ec1a7 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int minix_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
- if (dir_de)
+ if (dir_de && old_dir != new_dir)
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static int minix_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
- if (!err)
+ if (!err && (new_inode || old_dir != new_dir))