diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c3157c0a80a9..e2045548513a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b0af9cd9aab60ceb17d3ebabb9fdf4ff0a99cf50
+refs/heads/master: 9d8072e7c33991a08b29338f3f04dfef7c24afd5
diff --git a/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c b/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 230bd2aad4f4..9bd16255dd9c 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -383,8 +383,10 @@ static struct vfsmount *autofs4_d_automount(struct path *path)
 				goto done;
 			}
 		} else {
-			if (!simple_empty(dentry))
+			if (!simple_empty(dentry)) {
+				spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 				goto done;
+			}
 		}
 		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);