1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 72f50c0117b1..eb50c19fc253 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1511,9 +1511,11 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
          */
         if (!new_inode)
                 goto go_ahead;
-        if (S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
-                goto out;
-        else if (atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count) > 2) {
+        if (S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode)) {
+                error = -EISDIR;
+                if (!S_ISDIR(old_inode->i_mode))
+                        goto out;
+        } else if (atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count) > 2) {
                 int err;
                 /* copy the target dentry's name */
                 dentry = d_alloc(new_dentry->d_parent,