diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index 9697cd5d2561c3064bf4d16f7b05aa92b87e34a1..150a953a8be946e6f8e75b92e7e89a2c6c5ff141 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static int nfs_call_unlink(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, struct nf
 		 */
 		spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
 		if (d_really_is_positive(alias) &&
+		    !nfs_compare_fh(NFS_FH(inode), NFS_FH(d_inode(alias))) &&
 		    !(alias->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) {
 			devname_garbage = alias->d_fsdata;
 			alias->d_fsdata = data;