1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index c5fa6d8001f1..431981d0265f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -130,13 +130,15 @@ static int nfs_do_call_unlink(struct dentry *parent, struct inode *dir, struct n
         alias = d_lookup(parent, &data->args.name);
         if (alias != NULL) {
                 int ret = 0;
+
                 /*
                  * Hey, we raced with lookup... See if we need to transfer
                  * the sillyrename information to the aliased dentry.
                  */
                 nfs_free_dname(data);
                 spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
-                if (!(alias->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) {
+                if (alias->d_inode != NULL &&
+                    !(alias->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) {
                         alias->d_fsdata = data;
                         alias->d_flags |= DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED;
                         ret = 1;