diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1aaf1fa50829..39a2e0c4bb71 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5f6f4f28b6ba543beef8bad91aa6f69c7ffeee51
+refs/heads/master: caf7da3d5d4d9dd873eb52d025d8cc63b89f1fdb
diff --git a/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c b/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 9ead2279df4f..53dabe8d5b8b 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
 {
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
 	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
-	struct dentry *new;
 	int status;
 
 	/* Block on any pending expiry here; invalidate the dentry
@@ -320,26 +319,6 @@ static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
 	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING;
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * The dentry that is passed in from lookup may not be the one
-	 * we end up using, as mkdir can create a new one.  If this
-	 * happens, and another process tries the lookup at the same time,
-	 * it will set the PENDING flag on this new dentry, but add itself
-	 * to our waitq.  Then, if after the lookup succeeds, the first
-	 * process that requested the mount performs another lookup of the
-	 * same directory, it will show up as still pending!  So, we need
-	 * to redo the lookup here and clear pending on that dentry.
-	 */
-	if (d_unhashed(dentry)) {
-		new = d_lookup(dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name);
-		if (new) {
-			spin_lock(&new->d_lock);
-			new->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING;
-			spin_unlock(&new->d_lock);
-			dput(new);
-		}
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }