diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index 3a82ddb63196..3885bf63976b 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ static struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	struct inode *id = fanotify_fid_inode(mask, data, data_type, dir);
 	const struct path *path = fsnotify_data_path(data, data_type);
 	unsigned int fid_mode = FAN_GROUP_FLAG(group, FANOTIFY_FID_BITS);
+	bool name_event = false;
 
 	/*
 	 * For queues with unlimited length lost events are not expected and
@@ -443,12 +444,7 @@ static struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 
 	if (fanotify_is_perm_event(mask)) {
 		event = fanotify_alloc_perm_event(path, gfp);
-	} else if (mask & FAN_DIR_MODIFY && !(WARN_ON_ONCE(!file_name))) {
-		/*
-		 * For FAN_DIR_MODIFY event, we report the fid of the directory
-		 * and the name of the modified entry.
-		 * Allocate an fanotify_name_event struct and copy the name.
-		 */
+	} else if (name_event && file_name) {
 		event = fanotify_alloc_name_event(id, fsid, file_name, gfp);
 	} else if (fid_mode) {
 		event = fanotify_alloc_fid_event(id, fsid, gfp);
@@ -529,7 +525,6 @@ static int fanotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, u32 mask,
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(FAN_MOVED_FROM != FS_MOVED_FROM);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(FAN_CREATE != FS_CREATE);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(FAN_DELETE != FS_DELETE);
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(FAN_DIR_MODIFY != FS_DIR_MODIFY);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(FAN_DELETE_SELF != FS_DELETE_SELF);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(FAN_MOVE_SELF != FS_MOVE_SELF);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(FAN_EVENT_ON_CHILD != FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD);
diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index e05f3b2cf664..51ada3cfd2ff 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static __init int fsnotify_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(HWEIGHT32(ALL_FSNOTIFY_BITS) != 26);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(HWEIGHT32(ALL_FSNOTIFY_BITS) != 25);
 
 	ret = init_srcu_struct(&fsnotify_mark_srcu);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index 316c9b820517..9b2566d273a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ static inline void fsnotify_name(struct inode *dir, __u32 mask,
 				 const struct qstr *name, u32 cookie)
 {
 	fsnotify(dir, mask, child, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, name, cookie);
-	/*
-	 * Send another flavor of the event without child inode data and
-	 * without the specific event type (e.g. FS_CREATE|FS_IS_DIR).
-	 * The name is relative to the dir inode the event is reported to.
-	 */
-	fsnotify(dir, FS_DIR_MODIFY, dir, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, name, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void fsnotify_dirent(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 430d131d11c6..860c847c5bfa 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #define FS_OPEN_PERM		0x00010000	/* open event in an permission hook */
 #define FS_ACCESS_PERM		0x00020000	/* access event in a permissions hook */
 #define FS_OPEN_EXEC_PERM	0x00040000	/* open/exec event in a permission hook */
-#define FS_DIR_MODIFY		0x00080000	/* Directory entry was modified */
 
 #define FS_EXCL_UNLINK		0x04000000	/* do not send events if object is unlinked */
 /* This inode cares about things that happen to its children.  Always set for
@@ -67,8 +66,7 @@
  * The watching parent may get an FS_ATTRIB|FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD event
  * when a directory entry inside a child subdir changes.
  */
-#define ALL_FSNOTIFY_DIRENT_EVENTS	(FS_CREATE | FS_DELETE | FS_MOVE | \
-					 FS_DIR_MODIFY)
+#define ALL_FSNOTIFY_DIRENT_EVENTS	(FS_CREATE | FS_DELETE | FS_MOVE)
 
 #define ALL_FSNOTIFY_PERM_EVENTS (FS_OPEN_PERM | FS_ACCESS_PERM | \
 				  FS_OPEN_EXEC_PERM)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fanotify.h b/include/uapi/linux/fanotify.h
index a88c7c6d0692..7f2f17eacbf9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fanotify.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fanotify.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #define FAN_OPEN_PERM		0x00010000	/* File open in perm check */
 #define FAN_ACCESS_PERM		0x00020000	/* File accessed in perm check */
 #define FAN_OPEN_EXEC_PERM	0x00040000	/* File open/exec in perm check */
-#define FAN_DIR_MODIFY		0x00080000	/* Directory entry was modified */
 
 #define FAN_EVENT_ON_CHILD	0x08000000	/* Interested in child events */
 
