diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0bbfe4331860..3ea74eeb8cba 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3f6c7c71a2af6eb306e16562c6ee1bfdb48015fb
+refs/heads/master: 37c17e1f377696c797e75c1e915e838b3e0c6120
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index 157f3debbf98..48fc0fb8c9d1 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 		BUG_ON(nd->inode != dir);
 
 		mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
+l:
 		dentry = d_lookup(parent, name);
 		if (likely(!dentry)) {
 			dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(parent, name, nd);
@@ -1193,11 +1194,11 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 			need_reval = 0;
 			status = 1;
 		}
-		mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
 		if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE) && need_reval)
 			status = d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
 		if (unlikely(status <= 0)) {
 			if (status < 0) {
+				mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
 				dput(dentry);
 				return status;
 			}
@@ -1205,9 +1206,10 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 				dput(dentry);
 				dentry = NULL;
 				need_reval = 1;
-				goto retry;
+				goto l;
 			}
 		}
+		mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
 		goto done;
 	}
 	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE) && need_reval)