1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c
index 1f50302849c5..732ec4bd5774 100644
--- a/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/inotify.c
@@ -848,7 +848,11 @@ static int inotify_release(struct inode *ignored, struct file *file)
                 inode = watch->inode;
                 mutex_lock(&inode->inotify_mutex);
                 mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
-                remove_watch_no_event(watch, dev);
+
+                /* make sure we didn't race with another list removal */
+                if (likely(idr_find(&dev->idr, watch->wd)))
+                        remove_watch_no_event(watch, dev);
+
                 mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
                 mutex_unlock(&inode->inotify_mutex);
                 put_inotify_watch(watch);
@@ -890,8 +894,7 @@ static int inotify_ignore(struct inotify_device *dev, s32 wd)
         mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
 
         /* make sure that we did not race */
-        watch = idr_find(&dev->idr, wd);
-        if (likely(watch))
+        if (likely(idr_find(&dev->idr, wd) == watch))
                 remove_watch(watch, dev);
 
         mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);