diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index e989ecb44a65962e887666cb4c595c05f85697ca..509b49410943ef3e19dda508ffc78e05a60a114e 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void dentry_unlink_inode(struct dentry * dentry)
 }
 
 /*
- * dentry_lru_(add|del|prune|move_tail) must be called with d_lock held.
+ * dentry_lru_(add|del|move_list) must be called with d_lock held.
  */
 static void dentry_lru_add(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
@@ -373,16 +373,26 @@ static void dentry_lru_add(struct dentry *dentry)
 static void __dentry_lru_del(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	list_del_init(&dentry->d_lru);
-	dentry->d_flags &= ~(DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST | DCACHE_LRU_LIST);
+	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_LRU_LIST;
 	dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused--;
 	this_cpu_dec(nr_dentry_unused);
 }
 
 /*
  * Remove a dentry with references from the LRU.
+ *
+ * If we are on the shrink list, then we can get to try_prune_one_dentry() and
+ * lose our last reference through the parent walk. In this case, we need to
+ * remove ourselves from the shrink list, not the LRU.
  */
 static void dentry_lru_del(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST) {
+		list_del_init(&dentry->d_lru);
+		dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_lru)) {
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_sb->s_dentry_lru_lock);
 		__dentry_lru_del(dentry);
@@ -392,14 +402,16 @@ static void dentry_lru_del(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 static void dentry_lru_move_list(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
 {
+	BUG_ON(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST);
+
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_sb->s_dentry_lru_lock);
 	if (list_empty(&dentry->d_lru)) {
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_LRU_LIST;
 		list_add_tail(&dentry->d_lru, list);
-		dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused++;
-		this_cpu_inc(nr_dentry_unused);
 	} else {
 		list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, list);
+		dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused--;
+		this_cpu_dec(nr_dentry_unused);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_sb->s_dentry_lru_lock);
 }
@@ -497,7 +509,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_drop);
  * If ref is non-zero, then decrement the refcount too.
  * Returns dentry requiring refcount drop, or NULL if we're done.
  */
-static inline struct dentry *dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline struct dentry *
+dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry, int unlock_on_failure)
 	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -506,8 +519,10 @@ static inline struct dentry *dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	if (inode && !spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
 relock:
-		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		cpu_relax();
+		if (unlock_on_failure) {
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			cpu_relax();
+		}
 		return dentry; /* try again with same dentry */
 	}
 	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
@@ -590,7 +605,7 @@ void dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return;
 
 kill_it:
-	dentry = dentry_kill(dentry);
+	dentry = dentry_kill(dentry, 1);
 	if (dentry)
 		goto repeat;
 }
@@ -810,12 +825,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_prune_aliases);
  *
  * This may fail if locks cannot be acquired no problem, just try again.
  */
-static void try_prune_one_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
+static struct dentry * try_prune_one_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent;
 
-	parent = dentry_kill(dentry);
+	parent = dentry_kill(dentry, 0);
 	/*
 	 * If dentry_kill returns NULL, we have nothing more to do.
 	 * if it returns the same dentry, trylocks failed. In either
@@ -827,17 +842,18 @@ static void try_prune_one_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 	 * fragmentation.
 	 */
 	if (!parent)
-		return;
+		return NULL;
 	if (parent == dentry)
-		return;
+		return dentry;
 
 	/* Prune ancestors. */
 	dentry = parent;
 	while (dentry) {
 		if (lockref_put_or_lock(&dentry->d_lockref))
-			return;
-		dentry = dentry_kill(dentry);
+			return NULL;
+		dentry = dentry_kill(dentry, 1);
 	}
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *list)
@@ -855,22 +871,32 @@ static void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *list)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * The dispose list is isolated and dentries are not accounted
+		 * to the LRU here, so we can simply remove it from the list
+		 * here regardless of whether it is referenced or not.
+		 */
+		list_del_init(&dentry->d_lru);
+		dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST;
+
 		/*
 		 * We found an inuse dentry which was not removed from
-		 * the LRU because of laziness during lookup.  Do not free
-		 * it - just keep it off the LRU list.
+		 * the LRU because of laziness during lookup. Do not free it.
 		 */
 		if (dentry->d_lockref.count) {
-			dentry_lru_del(dentry);
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
-
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
-		try_prune_one_dentry(dentry);
+		dentry = try_prune_one_dentry(dentry);
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
+		if (dentry) {
+			dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST;
+			list_add(&dentry->d_lru, list);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		}
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
@@ -911,8 +937,10 @@ void prune_dcache_sb(struct super_block *sb, int count)
 			list_move(&dentry->d_lru, &referenced);
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		} else {
-			list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &tmp);
+			list_move(&dentry->d_lru, &tmp);
 			dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST;
+			this_cpu_dec(nr_dentry_unused);
+			sb->s_nr_dentry_unused--;
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			if (!--count)
 				break;
@@ -926,6 +954,27 @@ void prune_dcache_sb(struct super_block *sb, int count)
 	shrink_dentry_list(&tmp);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Mark all the dentries as on being the dispose list so we don't think they are
+ * still on the LRU if we try to kill them from ascending the parent chain in
+ * try_prune_one_dentry() rather than directly from the dispose list.
+ */
+static void
+shrink_dcache_list(
+	struct list_head *dispose)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(dentry, dispose, d_lru) {
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST;
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	shrink_dentry_list(dispose);
+}
+
 /**
  * shrink_dcache_sb - shrink dcache for a superblock
  * @sb: superblock
@@ -939,9 +988,17 @@ void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	spin_lock(&sb->s_dentry_lru_lock);
 	while (!list_empty(&sb->s_dentry_lru)) {
+		/*
+		 * account for removal here so we don't need to handle it later
+		 * even though the dentry is no longer on the lru list.
+		 */
 		list_splice_init(&sb->s_dentry_lru, &tmp);
+		this_cpu_sub(nr_dentry_unused, sb->s_nr_dentry_unused);
+		sb->s_nr_dentry_unused = 0;
 		spin_unlock(&sb->s_dentry_lru_lock);
-		shrink_dentry_list(&tmp);
+
+		shrink_dcache_list(&tmp);
+
 		spin_lock(&sb->s_dentry_lru_lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&sb->s_dentry_lru_lock);