1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
index 14ac4806e291..eeb4986ea7db 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
@@ -348,7 +348,17 @@ int cachefiles_delete_object(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
         dir = dget_parent(object->dentry);
 
         mutex_lock_nested(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-        ret = cachefiles_bury_object(cache, dir, object->dentry);
+
+        /* we need to check that our parent is _still_ our parent - it may have
+         * been renamed */
+        if (dir == object->dentry->d_parent) {
+                ret = cachefiles_bury_object(cache, dir, object->dentry);
+        } else {
+                /* it got moved, presumably by cachefilesd culling it, so it's
+                 * no longer in the key path and we can ignore it */
+                mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+                ret = 0;
+        }
 
         dput(dir);
         _leave(" = %d", ret);