2 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 40707d88a945..494a9def5dce 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1647,8 +1647,7 @@ static void __d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
         unsigned add_flags = d_flags_for_inode(inode);
 
         spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-        dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE;
-        dentry->d_flags |= add_flags;
+        __d_set_type(dentry, add_flags);
         if (inode)
                 hlist_add_head(&dentry->d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);
         dentry->d_inode = inode;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index c6157c894fce..80168273396b 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ static inline int walk_component(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
                 inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
         }
         err = -ENOENT;
-        if (!inode)
+        if (!inode || d_is_negative(path->dentry))
                 goto out_path_put;
 
         if (should_follow_link(path->dentry, follow)) {
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ mountpoint_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path)
         mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 done:
-        if (!dentry->d_inode) {
+        if (!dentry->d_inode || d_is_negative(dentry)) {
                 error = -ENOENT;
                 dput(dentry);
                 goto out;
@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@ retry_lookup:
 finish_lookup:
         /* we _can_ be in RCU mode here */
         error = -ENOENT;
-        if (d_is_negative(path->dentry)) {
+        if (!inode || d_is_negative(path->dentry)) {
                 path_to_nameidata(path, nd);
                 goto out;
         }