1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index c2207e3f2634..d352509d7e2d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1506,10 +1506,11 @@ nfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
                 dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
 
         lock_kernel();
+        d_drop(dentry);
         error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->link(inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
         if (error == 0) {
                 atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
-                d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+                d_add(dentry, inode);
         }
         unlock_kernel();
         return error;