diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 2caf36ac3e93e41d4f14ac48ef4bcedc4b682548..cc87c1abac9710169cd56ad44a78cf7185da2834 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_active(struct dentry *dentry)
 		spin_lock(&active->d_lock);
 
 		/* Already gone? */
-		if (!d_count(active))
+		if ((int) d_count(active) <= 0)
 			goto next;
 
 		qstr = &active->d_name;
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_expiring(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 		spin_lock(&expiring->d_lock);
 
-		/* Bad luck, we've already been dentry_iput */
+		/* We've already been dentry_iput or unlinked */
 		if (!expiring->d_inode)
 			goto next;