1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index f9b5d3d6cf3..1c576e87136 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -86,14 +86,17 @@ cifs_readdir_lookup(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
 
         dentry = d_lookup(parent, name);
         if (dentry) {
+                int err;
                 inode = dentry->d_inode;
                 /* update inode in place if i_ino didn't change */
                 if (inode && CIFS_I(inode)->uniqueid == fattr->cf_uniqueid) {
                         cifs_fattr_to_inode(inode, fattr);
                         return dentry;
                 }
-                d_drop(dentry);
+                err = d_invalidate(dentry);
                 dput(dentry);
+                if (err)
+                        return NULL;
         }
 
         dentry = d_alloc(parent, name);