1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
index b8ce02607d66..4456d1daa40f 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ static int autofs4_tree_busy(struct vfsmount *mnt,
                         struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(p);
                         unsigned int ino_count = atomic_read(&ino->count);
 
+                        /*
+                         * Clean stale dentries below that have not been
+                         * invalidated after a mount fail during lookup
+                         */
+                        d_invalidate(p);
+
                         /* allow for dget above and top is already dgot */
                         if (p == top)
                                 ino_count += 2;