diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6e90517430cf..ea38c590f910 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ab91f264cfbafd079dcb1bd02e9803c2dd65de19
+refs/heads/master: ccfeb506231348a3c60ab0fdb5753a574653e3c0
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/dir.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/dir.c
index d9ba8cb0ee75..bd269d268824 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1443,6 +1443,8 @@ static int nfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > 1) {
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		/* Start asynchronous writeout of the inode */
+		write_inode_now(dentry->d_inode, 0);
 		error = nfs_sillyrename(dir, dentry);
 		unlock_kernel();
 		return error;