diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3ea74eeb8cba..78c6f4d861e7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 37c17e1f377696c797e75c1e915e838b3e0c6120
+refs/heads/master: acc9cb3cd425f479d8fc4a441bff45dce23aa6dd
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index 48fc0fb8c9d1..9ce43a358c33 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -1173,7 +1173,6 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 		BUG_ON(nd->inode != dir);
 
 		mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
-l:
 		dentry = d_lookup(parent, name);
 		if (likely(!dentry)) {
 			dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(parent, name, nd);
@@ -1204,9 +1203,14 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 			}
 			if (!d_invalidate(dentry)) {
 				dput(dentry);
-				dentry = NULL;
-				need_reval = 1;
-				goto l;
+				dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(parent, name, nd);
+				if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+					mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
+					return PTR_ERR(dentry);
+				}
+				/* known good */
+				need_reval = 0;
+				status = 1;
 			}
 		}
 		mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);