diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d6b822dfd251..3bddadb87eca 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6510c9d8595adcee2b0dc86408bc432a8dd7d652
+refs/heads/master: c42c7f7e698fa888abbd50eb9c8e328fff68914f
diff --git a/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c b/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 81700f4a19da..b6530f321adb 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 * it.
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	if (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && __simple_empty(dentry)) {
+	if (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	 * mount it again.
 	 */
 	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING ||
-	    (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && __simple_empty(dentry))) {
+	    (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs))) {
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 
@@ -340,8 +340,7 @@ static int autofs4_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	/* Check for a non-mountpoint directory with no contents */
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode) &&
-	    !d_mountpoint(dentry) && 
-	    __simple_empty(dentry)) {
+	    !d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
 		DPRINTK("dentry=%p %.*s, emptydir",
 			 dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);