diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 8ec7fbd8240c2ed37c24e0f342b72c90a1a3a212..35334539d9475dc0188bdb80f4a1d15ef70b56a9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	nfs_fattr_init(&fattr);
 	desc->entry = &my_entry;
 
+	nfs_block_sillyrename(dentry);
 	while(!desc->entry->eof) {
 		res = readdir_search_pagecache(desc);
 
@@ -592,6 +593,7 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+	nfs_unblock_sillyrename(dentry);
 	unlock_kernel();
 	if (res > 0)
 		res = 0;
@@ -866,6 +868,7 @@ struct dentry_operations nfs_dentry_operations = {
 static struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct dentry *res;
+	struct dentry *parent;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	int error;
 	struct nfs_fh fhandle;
@@ -894,26 +897,31 @@ static struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, stru
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	parent = dentry->d_parent;
+	/* Protect against concurrent sillydeletes */
+	nfs_block_sillyrename(parent);
 	error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->lookup(dir, &dentry->d_name, &fhandle, &fattr);
 	if (error == -ENOENT)
 		goto no_entry;
 	if (error < 0) {
 		res = ERR_PTR(error);
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_unblock_sillyrename;
 	}
 	inode = nfs_fhget(dentry->d_sb, &fhandle, &fattr);
 	res = (struct dentry *)inode;
 	if (IS_ERR(res))
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_unblock_sillyrename;
 
 no_entry:
 	res = d_materialise_unique(dentry, inode);
 	if (res != NULL) {
 		if (IS_ERR(res))
-			goto out_unlock;
+			goto out_unblock_sillyrename;
 		dentry = res;
 	}
 	nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
+out_unblock_sillyrename:
+	nfs_unblock_sillyrename(parent);
 out_unlock:
 	unlock_kernel();
 out:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 6d2f2a3eccf878d5cdd1e45fcbc794c7e63e9af3..173e294dffc582955ece54a2f5bab0ada992dacb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1169,6 +1169,9 @@ static void init_once(struct kmem_cache * cachep, void *foo)
 	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&nfsi->nfs_page_tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	nfsi->ncommit = 0;
 	nfsi->npages = 0;
+	atomic_set(&nfsi->silly_count, 1);
+	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&nfsi->silly_list);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&nfsi->waitqueue);
 	nfs4_init_once(nfsi);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index cb99fd90a9acc5147135bb70846517ad8e79165e..2cb3b8b71ee7aa141aafb169ff01f47366df3281 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1372,6 +1372,7 @@ static int nfs4_intent_set_file(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path, struct
 struct dentry *
 nfs4_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
+	struct dentry *parent;
 	struct path path = {
 		.mnt = nd->mnt,
 		.dentry = dentry,
@@ -1394,6 +1395,9 @@ nfs4_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	cred = rpcauth_lookupcred(NFS_CLIENT(dir)->cl_auth, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(cred))
 		return (struct dentry *)cred;
+	parent = dentry->d_parent;
+	/* Protect against concurrent sillydeletes */
+	nfs_block_sillyrename(parent);
 	state = nfs4_do_open(dir, &path, nd->intent.open.flags, &attr, cred);
 	put_rpccred(cred);
 	if (IS_ERR(state)) {
@@ -1401,12 +1405,14 @@ nfs4_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 			d_add(dentry, NULL);
 			nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
 		}
+		nfs_unblock_sillyrename(parent);
 		return (struct dentry *)state;
 	}
 	res = d_add_unique(dentry, igrab(state->inode));
 	if (res != NULL)
 		path.dentry = res;
 	nfs_set_verifier(path.dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
+	nfs_unblock_sillyrename(parent);
 	nfs4_intent_set_file(nd, &path, state);
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index 1aed850d18f2ebab29f2b6b7077f4effb85413ff..6ecd46c967c8bc3073cc3389ec65d32524d23e9d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 
 struct nfs_unlinkdata {
+	struct hlist_node list;
 	struct nfs_removeargs args;
 	struct nfs_removeres res;
 	struct inode *dir;
@@ -52,6 +53,20 @@ static int nfs_copy_dname(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_unlinkdata *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void nfs_free_dname(struct nfs_unlinkdata *data)
+{
+	kfree(data->args.name.name);
+	data->args.name.name = NULL;
+	data->args.name.len = 0;
+}
+
+static void nfs_dec_sillycount(struct inode *dir)
+{
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(dir);
+	if (atomic_dec_return(&nfsi->silly_count) == 1)
+		wake_up(&nfsi->waitqueue);
+}
+
 /**
  * nfs_async_unlink_init - Initialize the RPC info
  * task: rpc_task of the sillydelete
@@ -95,6 +110,8 @@ static void nfs_async_unlink_done(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 static void nfs_async_unlink_release(void *calldata)
 {
 	struct nfs_unlinkdata	*data = calldata;
+
+	nfs_dec_sillycount(data->dir);
 	nfs_free_unlinkdata(data);
 }
 
@@ -104,33 +121,100 @@ static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs_unlink_ops = {
 	.rpc_release = nfs_async_unlink_release,
 };
 
-static int nfs_call_unlink(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_unlinkdata *data)
+static int nfs_do_call_unlink(struct dentry *parent, struct inode *dir, struct nfs_unlinkdata *data)
 {
 	struct rpc_task *task;
+	struct dentry *alias;
+
+	alias = d_lookup(parent, &data->args.name);
+	if (alias != NULL) {
+		int ret = 0;
+		/*
+		 * Hey, we raced with lookup... See if we need to transfer
+		 * the sillyrename information to the aliased dentry.
+		 */
+		nfs_free_dname(data);
+		spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
+		if (!(alias->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) {
+			alias->d_fsdata = data;
+			alias->d_flags ^= DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED;
+			ret = 1;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
+		nfs_dec_sillycount(dir);
+		dput(alias);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	data->dir = igrab(dir);
+	if (!data->dir) {
+		nfs_dec_sillycount(dir);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	data->args.fh = NFS_FH(dir);
+	nfs_fattr_init(&data->res.dir_attr);
+
+	task = rpc_run_task(NFS_CLIENT(dir), RPC_TASK_ASYNC, &nfs_unlink_ops, data);
+	if (!IS_ERR(task))
+		rpc_put_task(task);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int nfs_call_unlink(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_unlinkdata *data)
+{
 	struct dentry *parent;
 	struct inode *dir;
+	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (nfs_copy_dname(dentry, data) < 0)
-		goto out_free;
 
 	parent = dget_parent(dentry);
 	if (parent == NULL)
 		goto out_free;
-	dir = igrab(parent->d_inode);
+	dir = parent->d_inode;
+	if (nfs_copy_dname(dentry, data) == 0)
+		goto out_dput;
+	/* Non-exclusive lock protects against concurrent lookup() calls */
+	spin_lock(&dir->i_lock);
+	if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&NFS_I(dir)->silly_count) == 0) {
+		/* Deferred delete */
+		hlist_add_head(&data->list, &NFS_I(dir)->silly_list);
+		spin_unlock(&dir->i_lock);
+		ret = 1;
+		goto out_dput;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dir->i_lock);
+	ret = nfs_do_call_unlink(parent, dir, data);
+out_dput:
 	dput(parent);
-	if (dir == NULL)
-		goto out_free;
+out_free:
+	return ret;
+}
 
-	data->dir = dir;
-	data->args.fh = NFS_FH(dir);
-	nfs_fattr_init(&data->res.dir_attr);
+void nfs_block_sillyrename(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(dentry->d_inode);
 
-	task = rpc_run_task(NFS_CLIENT(dir), RPC_TASK_ASYNC, &nfs_unlink_ops, data);
-	if (!IS_ERR(task))
-		rpc_put_task(task);
-	return 1;
-out_free:
-	return 0;
+	wait_event(nfsi->waitqueue, atomic_cmpxchg(&nfsi->silly_count, 1, 0) == 1);
+}
+
+void nfs_unblock_sillyrename(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(dir);
+	struct nfs_unlinkdata *data;
+
+	atomic_inc(&nfsi->silly_count);
+	spin_lock(&dir->i_lock);
+	while (!hlist_empty(&nfsi->silly_list)) {
+		if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&nfsi->silly_count))
+			break;
+		data = hlist_entry(nfsi->silly_list.first, struct nfs_unlinkdata, list);
+		hlist_del(&data->list);
+		spin_unlock(&dir->i_lock);
+		if (nfs_do_call_unlink(dentry, dir, data) == 0)
+			nfs_free_unlinkdata(data);
+		spin_lock(&dir->i_lock);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dir->i_lock);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index c5164c257f71aa17ec51dda414a1921053d8ac5d..e82a6ebc725d7b18a76fdccc9d58853b42a8bdba 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ struct nfs_inode {
 	/* Open contexts for shared mmap writes */
 	struct list_head	open_files;
 
+	/* Number of in-flight sillydelete RPC calls */
+	atomic_t		silly_count;
+	/* List of deferred sillydelete requests */
+	struct hlist_head	silly_list;
+	wait_queue_head_t	waitqueue;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
 	struct nfs4_cached_acl	*nfs4_acl;
         /* NFSv4 state */
@@ -394,6 +400,8 @@ extern void nfs_release_automount_timer(void);
  */
 extern int  nfs_async_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 extern void nfs_complete_unlink(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *);
+extern void nfs_block_sillyrename(struct dentry *dentry);
+extern void nfs_unblock_sillyrename(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 /*
  * linux/fs/nfs/write.c