diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c47f1d3cc1d1..b2b767170ed3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e9496ff46a20a8592fdc7bdaaf41b45eb808d310
+refs/heads/master: 3cac260ad88f4e37637d6e4b33e6a6a849d273c7
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index 89e380583ab8..6ce27d6db684 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -767,8 +767,18 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 		     struct path *path)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt = nd->path.mnt;
-	struct dentry *dentry = __d_lookup(nd->path.dentry, name);
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	/*
+	 * See if the low-level filesystem might want
+	 * to use its own hash..
+	 */
+	if (nd->path.dentry->d_op && nd->path.dentry->d_op->d_hash) {
+		int err = nd->path.dentry->d_op->d_hash(nd->path.dentry, name);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+	}
 
+	dentry = __d_lookup(nd->path.dentry, name);
 	if (!dentry)
 		goto need_lookup;
 	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_revalidate)
@@ -868,16 +878,6 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 			case 1:
 				continue;
 		}
-		/*
-		 * See if the low-level filesystem might want
-		 * to use its own hash..
-		 */
-		if (nd->path.dentry->d_op && nd->path.dentry->d_op->d_hash) {
-			err = nd->path.dentry->d_op->d_hash(nd->path.dentry,
-							    &this);
-			if (err < 0)
-				break;
-		}
 		/* This does the actual lookups.. */
 		err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next);
 		if (err)
@@ -923,12 +923,6 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 			case 1:
 				goto return_reval;
 		}
-		if (nd->path.dentry->d_op && nd->path.dentry->d_op->d_hash) {
-			err = nd->path.dentry->d_op->d_hash(nd->path.dentry,
-							    &this);
-			if (err < 0)
-				break;
-		}
 		err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next);
 		if (err)
 			break;