1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 949ec909ec9a..7899a40465b3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1720,7 +1720,10 @@ cifs_rename2(struct inode *source_dir, struct dentry *source_dentry,
 unlink_target:
         /* Try unlinking the target dentry if it's not negative */
         if (target_dentry->d_inode && (rc == -EACCES || rc == -EEXIST)) {
-                tmprc = cifs_unlink(target_dir, target_dentry);
+                if (d_is_dir(target_dentry))
+                        tmprc = cifs_rmdir(target_dir, target_dentry);
+                else
+                        tmprc = cifs_unlink(target_dir, target_dentry);
                 if (tmprc)
                         goto cifs_rename_exit;
                 rc = cifs_do_rename(xid, source_dentry, from_name,