2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/ioctl.c b/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
index 7cb4badef927..e7431309bdca 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <asm/current.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 6524ecaebb7a..e1dedb0f7873 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -66,8 +66,16 @@ static struct dentry *ext2_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
         inode = NULL;
         if (ino) {
                 inode = ext2_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-                if (IS_ERR(inode))
-                        return ERR_CAST(inode);
+                if (unlikely(IS_ERR(inode))) {
+                        if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
+                                ext2_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+                                                "deleted inode referenced: %lu",
+                                                ino);
+                                return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+                        } else {
+                                return ERR_CAST(inode);
+                        }
+                }
         }
         return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }