1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index f565f24019b5..411c192a05fa 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -701,6 +701,15 @@ static int vfat_find(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *qname,
         return fat_search_long(dir, qname->name, len, sinfo);
 }
 
+/*
+ * (nfsd's) anonymous disconnected dentry?
+ * NOTE: !IS_ROOT() is not anonymous (I.e. d_splice_alias() did the job).
+ */
+static int vfat_d_anon_disconn(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+        return IS_ROOT(dentry) && (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED);
+}
+
 static struct dentry *vfat_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
                                   struct nameidata *nd)
 {
@@ -729,11 +738,11 @@ static struct dentry *vfat_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
         }
 
         alias = d_find_alias(inode);
-        if (alias && !(alias->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED)) {
+        if (alias && !vfat_d_anon_disconn(alias)) {
                 /*
-                 * This inode has non DCACHE_DISCONNECTED dentry. This
-                 * means, the user did ->lookup() by an another name
-                 * (longname vs 8.3 alias of it) in past.
+                 * This inode has non anonymous-DCACHE_DISCONNECTED
+                 * dentry. This means, the user did ->lookup() by an
+                 * another name (longname vs 8.3 alias of it) in past.
                  *
                  * Switch to new one for reason of locality if possible.
                  */
@@ -743,7 +752,9 @@ static struct dentry *vfat_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
                 iput(inode);
                 unlock_super(sb);
                 return alias;
-        }
+        } else
+                dput(alias);
+
 out:
         unlock_super(sb);
         dentry->d_op = sb->s_root->d_op;