1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index bd87a6077536..6ddaa0a42b24 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1047,8 +1047,16 @@ static struct dentry *ext3_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
                         return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
                 }
                 inode = ext3_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-                if (IS_ERR(inode))
-                        return ERR_CAST(inode);
+                if (unlikely(IS_ERR(inode))) {
+                        if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
+                                ext3_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);
 }