diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6be8eb754b3c..e7515f7ed262 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1fa7e6958c5f82cc75c594e3ffaf73cc26fc94c1
+refs/heads/master: 791eb564d218dabe0f9a2212916fe54240b97afb
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/trunk/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 807dad48b2b1..2ed59dc1c48a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
 		spin_unlock(&efivars->lock);
 		efivar_unregister(var);
 		drop_nlink(inode);
+		d_delete(file->f_dentry);
 		dput(file->f_dentry);
 
 	} else {