1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index 2ad05ab93db8..35b755e79c2d 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static int validate_request(struct autofs_wait_queue **wait,
                  * continue on and create a new request.
                  */
                 if (!IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
-                        if (dentry->d_inode && d_unhashed(dentry)) {
+                        if (d_really_is_positive(dentry) && d_unhashed(dentry)) {
                                 struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
                                 new = d_lookup(parent, &dentry->d_name);
                                 if (new)
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
         if (pid == 0 || tgid == 0)
                 return -ENOENT;
 
-        if (!dentry->d_inode) {
+        if (d_really_is_negative(dentry)) {
                 /*
                  * A wait for a negative dentry is invalid for certain
                  * cases. A direct or offset mount "always" has its mount