diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index d8149e916dd73b260f054e1a8feba40050c6f1e3..187caa47dad979ca8bd1a2c0013703284daab6f0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1694,12 +1694,19 @@ int nfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 			dir->i_sb->s_id, dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name);
 
 	trace_nfs_rmdir_enter(dir, dentry);
-	error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->rmdir(dir, &dentry->d_name);
-	/* Ensure the VFS deletes this inode */
-	if (error == 0 && dentry->d_inode != NULL)
-		clear_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
-	else if (error == -ENOENT)
-		nfs_dentry_handle_enoent(dentry);
+	if (dentry->d_inode) {
+		nfs_wait_on_sillyrename(dentry);
+		error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->rmdir(dir, &dentry->d_name);
+		/* Ensure the VFS deletes this inode */
+		switch (error) {
+		case 0:
+			clear_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
+			break;
+		case -ENOENT:
+			nfs_dentry_handle_enoent(dentry);
+		}
+	} else
+		error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->rmdir(dir, &dentry->d_name);
 	trace_nfs_rmdir_exit(dir, dentry, error);
 
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index 2c1485d1841903f990dc0b4ff142fc773d1ce19f..bb939edd4c998cb98b7aeb56ae1aa308e4d9009d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -207,6 +207,13 @@ static int nfs_call_unlink(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_unlinkdata *data)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void nfs_wait_on_sillyrename(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(dentry->d_inode);
+
+	wait_event(nfsi->waitqueue, atomic_read(&nfsi->silly_count) <= 1);
+}
+
 void nfs_block_sillyrename(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(dentry->d_inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 7125cef741642b77ca5c41758c26e500be3a2672..3ea4cde8701ce1e97d6a39a4a1264452468a5254 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ static inline void nfs4_label_free(void *label) {}
  * linux/fs/nfs/unlink.c
  */
 extern void nfs_complete_unlink(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *);
+extern void nfs_wait_on_sillyrename(struct dentry *dentry);
 extern void nfs_block_sillyrename(struct dentry *dentry);
 extern void nfs_unblock_sillyrename(struct dentry *dentry);
 extern int  nfs_sillyrename(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);