diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 246c657083a3..fc81c0ffe19c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cc9acc885819696c0ed00f4f0f0cda0c7583f116
+refs/heads/master: 1684b2bba6972749bc9acee57585acd6c78050b2
diff --git a/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c b/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
index e137acf0543d..2a771ec66956 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -306,7 +306,14 @@ static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct dentry *dentry,
 		
 		DPRINTK("expire done status=%d", status);
 		
-		return 0;
+		/*
+		 * If the directory still exists the mount request must
+		 * continue otherwise it can't be followed at the right
+		 * time during the walk.
+		 */
+		status = d_invalidate(dentry);
+		if (status != -EBUSY)
+			return 0;
 	}
 
 	DPRINTK("dentry=%p %.*s ino=%p",