diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 813d589cc6c0d4b736e0bffd36f012ef41343853..3559086eee5fb45ce45a79ed4f076b62759e2ce5 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -554,6 +554,47 @@ static int ext3_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+
+static struct dentry *ext3_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb, void *vobjp)
+{
+	__u32 *objp = vobjp;
+	unsigned long ino = objp[0];
+	__u32 generation = objp[1];
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct dentry *result;
+
+	if (ino < EXT3_FIRST_INO(sb) && ino != EXT3_ROOT_INO)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
+	if (ino > le32_to_cpu(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
+
+	/* iget isn't really right if the inode is currently unallocated!!
+	 *
+	 * ext3_read_inode will return a bad_inode if the inode had been
+	 * deleted, so we should be safe.
+	 *
+	 * Currently we don't know the generation for parent directory, so
+	 * a generation of 0 means "accept any"
+	 */
+	inode = iget(sb, ino);
+	if (inode == NULL)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	if (is_bad_inode(inode) ||
+	    (generation && inode->i_generation != generation)) {
+		iput(inode);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
+	}
+	/* now to find a dentry.
+	 * If possible, get a well-connected one
+	 */
+	result = d_alloc_anon(inode);
+	if (!result) {
+		iput(inode);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 #define QTYPE2NAME(t) ((t)==USRQUOTA?"user":"group")
 #define QTYPE2MOPT(on, t) ((t)==USRQUOTA?((on)##USRJQUOTA):((on)##GRPJQUOTA))
@@ -622,6 +663,7 @@ static struct super_operations ext3_sops = {
 
 static struct export_operations ext3_export_ops = {
 	.get_parent = ext3_get_parent,
+	.get_dentry = ext3_get_dentry,
 };
 
 enum {