diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e7dfc697b74c..6168a7ac4b9a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0933e2d98d1b170ef62d48e18157f5dc43b58217
+refs/heads/master: 5e31d76f2817bd50258a092a7c5b15b3006fd61c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/trunk/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index 42ae452b36b0..dac478c6e460 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -301,6 +301,19 @@ int devtmpfs_delete_node(struct device *dev)
 		if (dentry->d_inode) {
 			err = vfs_getattr(nd.path.mnt, dentry, &stat);
 			if (!err && dev_mynode(dev, dentry->d_inode, &stat)) {
+				struct iattr newattrs;
+				/*
+				 * before unlinking this node, reset permissions
+				 * of possible references like hardlinks
+				 */
+				newattrs.ia_uid = 0;
+				newattrs.ia_gid = 0;
+				newattrs.ia_mode = stat.mode & ~0777;
+				newattrs.ia_valid =
+					ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID|ATTR_MODE;
+				mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+				notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
+				mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 				err = vfs_unlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,
 						 dentry);
 				if (!err || err == -ENOENT)