1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index 959b73e756fd..69391fe8efb1 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -136,10 +136,15 @@ static bool event_compare(struct fsnotify_event *old, struct fsnotify_event *new
 {
         if ((old->mask == new->mask) &&
             (old->to_tell == new->to_tell) &&
-            (old->data_type == new->data_type)) {
+            (old->data_type == new->data_type) &&
+            (old->name_len == new->name_len)) {
                 switch (old->data_type) {
                 case (FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE):
-                        if (old->inode == new->inode)
+                        /* remember, after old was put on the wait_q we aren't
+                         * allowed to look at the inode any more, only thing
+                         * left to check was if the file_name is the same */
+                        if (old->name_len &&
+                            !strcmp(old->file_name, new->file_name))
                                 return true;
                         break;
                 case (FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH):