diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 67831868ef0d..3ddb09f2b168 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2879,7 +2879,7 @@ struct btrfs_dir_item *
 btrfs_lookup_dir_index_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			    struct btrfs_root *root,
 			    struct btrfs_path *path, u64 dir,
-			    u64 objectid, const char *name, int name_len,
+			    u64 index, const char *name, int name_len,
 			    int mod);
 struct btrfs_dir_item *
 btrfs_search_dir_index_item(struct btrfs_root *root,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
index 1c0a7cd6b9b0..98c6faa8ce15 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
@@ -191,9 +191,20 @@ static struct btrfs_dir_item *btrfs_lookup_match_dir(
 }
 
 /*
- * lookup a directory item based on name.  'dir' is the objectid
- * we're searching in, and 'mod' tells us if you plan on deleting the
- * item (use mod < 0) or changing the options (use mod > 0)
+ * Lookup for a directory item by name.
+ *
+ * @trans:	The transaction handle to use. Can be NULL if @mod is 0.
+ * @root:	The root of the target tree.
+ * @path:	Path to use for the search.
+ * @dir:	The inode number (objectid) of the directory.
+ * @name:	The name associated to the directory entry we are looking for.
+ * @name_len:	The length of the name.
+ * @mod:	Used to indicate if the tree search is meant for a read only
+ *		lookup, for a modification lookup or for a deletion lookup, so
+ *		its value should be 0, 1 or -1, respectively.
+ *
+ * Returns: NULL if the dir item does not exists, an error pointer if an error
+ * happened, or a pointer to a dir item if a dir item exists for the given name.
  */
 struct btrfs_dir_item *btrfs_lookup_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					     struct btrfs_root *root,
@@ -274,27 +285,42 @@ int btrfs_check_dir_item_collision(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 dir,
 }
 
 /*
- * lookup a directory item based on index.  'dir' is the objectid
- * we're searching in, and 'mod' tells us if you plan on deleting the
- * item (use mod < 0) or changing the options (use mod > 0)
+ * Lookup for a directory index item by name and index number.
  *
- * The name is used to make sure the index really points to the name you were
- * looking for.
+ * @trans:	The transaction handle to use. Can be NULL if @mod is 0.
+ * @root:	The root of the target tree.
+ * @path:	Path to use for the search.
+ * @dir:	The inode number (objectid) of the directory.
+ * @index:	The index number.
+ * @name:	The name associated to the directory entry we are looking for.
+ * @name_len:	The length of the name.
+ * @mod:	Used to indicate if the tree search is meant for a read only
+ *		lookup, for a modification lookup or for a deletion lookup, so
+ *		its value should be 0, 1 or -1, respectively.
+ *
+ * Returns: NULL if the dir index item does not exists, an error pointer if an
+ * error happened, or a pointer to a dir item if the dir index item exists and
+ * matches the criteria (name and index number).
  */
 struct btrfs_dir_item *
 btrfs_lookup_dir_index_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			    struct btrfs_root *root,
 			    struct btrfs_path *path, u64 dir,
-			    u64 objectid, const char *name, int name_len,
+			    u64 index, const char *name, int name_len,
 			    int mod)
 {
+	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
 	struct btrfs_key key;
 
 	key.objectid = dir;
 	key.type = BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY;
-	key.offset = objectid;
+	key.offset = index;
 
-	return btrfs_lookup_match_dir(trans, root, path, &key, name, name_len, mod);
+	di = btrfs_lookup_match_dir(trans, root, path, &key, name, name_len, mod);
+	if (di == ERR_PTR(-ENOENT))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return di;
 }
 
 struct btrfs_dir_item *
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 10a0913ffb49..34e9eb5010cd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -912,8 +912,7 @@ static noinline int inode_in_dir(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	di = btrfs_lookup_dir_index_item(NULL, root, path, dirid,
 					 index, name, name_len, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(di)) {
-		if (PTR_ERR(di) != -ENOENT)
-			ret = PTR_ERR(di);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(di);
 		goto out;
 	} else if (di) {
 		btrfs_dir_item_key_to_cpu(path->nodes[0], di, &location);
@@ -1149,8 +1148,7 @@ static inline int __add_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	di = btrfs_lookup_dir_index_item(trans, root, path, btrfs_ino(dir),
 					 ref_index, name, namelen, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(di)) {
-		if (PTR_ERR(di) != -ENOENT)
-			return PTR_ERR(di);
+		return PTR_ERR(di);
 	} else if (di) {
 		ret = drop_one_dir_item(trans, root, path, dir, di);
 		if (ret)
@@ -1976,9 +1974,6 @@ static noinline int replay_one_name(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (dst_di == ERR_PTR(-ENOENT))
-		dst_di = NULL;
-
 	if (IS_ERR(dst_di)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(dst_di);
 		goto out;
@@ -2286,7 +2281,7 @@ static noinline int check_item_in_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 						     dir_key->offset,
 						     name, name_len, 0);
 		}
-		if (!log_di || log_di == ERR_PTR(-ENOENT)) {
+		if (!log_di) {
 			btrfs_dir_item_key_to_cpu(eb, di, &location);
 			btrfs_release_path(path);
 			btrfs_release_path(log_path);
@@ -3495,8 +3490,7 @@ int btrfs_del_dir_entries_in_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (err == -ENOSPC) {
 		btrfs_set_log_full_commit(trans);
 		err = 0;
-	} else if (err < 0 && err != -ENOENT) {
-		/* ENOENT can be returned if the entry hasn't been fsynced yet */
+	} else if (err < 0) {
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, err);
 	}