diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index def7ece364a1..241b9b656d44 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f75ba3ade8a4599d67040a9493d75a864e7b329c
+refs/heads/master: 051d381259eb57d6074d02a6ba6e90e744f1a29f
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index 98dc2e134362..22f6e8d16aa8 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -546,6 +546,22 @@ struct path {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 };
 
+static inline void dput_path(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	dput(path->dentry);
+	if (path->mnt != nd->mnt)
+		mntput(path->mnt);
+}
+
+static inline void path_to_nameidata(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	dput(nd->dentry);
+	if (nd->mnt != path->mnt)
+		mntput(nd->mnt);
+	nd->mnt = path->mnt;
+	nd->dentry = path->dentry;
+}
+
 static __always_inline int __do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int error;
@@ -555,8 +571,11 @@ static __always_inline int __do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata
 	touch_atime(path->mnt, dentry);
 	nd_set_link(nd, NULL);
 
-	if (path->mnt == nd->mnt)
-		mntget(path->mnt);
+	if (path->mnt != nd->mnt) {
+		path_to_nameidata(path, nd);
+		dget(dentry);
+	}
+	mntget(path->mnt);
 	cookie = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, nd);
 	error = PTR_ERR(cookie);
 	if (!IS_ERR(cookie)) {
@@ -573,22 +592,6 @@ static __always_inline int __do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata
 	return error;
 }
 
-static inline void dput_path(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	dput(path->dentry);
-	if (path->mnt != nd->mnt)
-		mntput(path->mnt);
-}
-
-static inline void path_to_nameidata(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	dput(nd->dentry);
-	if (nd->mnt != path->mnt)
-		mntput(nd->mnt);
-	nd->mnt = path->mnt;
-	nd->dentry = path->dentry;
-}
-
 /*
  * This limits recursive symlink follows to 8, while
  * limiting consecutive symlinks to 40.