diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 47ac9e21a59000e74fe2751fe0f8e8e6b999af7f..0c6c48ca7496026129238f9486518466fa00c519 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -97,58 +97,45 @@ const struct file_operations coda_dir_operations = {
 /* access routines: lookup, readlink, permission */
 static struct dentry *coda_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct inode *res_inode = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	struct CodaFid resfid = { { 0, } };
-	int dropme = 0; /* to indicate entry should not be cached */
 	int type = 0;
 	int error = 0;
 	const char *name = entry->d_name.name;
 	size_t length = entry->d_name.len;
-	
-	if ( length > CODA_MAXNAMLEN ) {
-	        printk("name too long: lookup, %s (%*s)\n", 
+
+	if (length > CODA_MAXNAMLEN) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "name too long: lookup, %s (%*s)\n",
 		       coda_i2s(dir), (int)length, name);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 	}
 
+	/* control object, create inode on the fly */
+	if (coda_isroot(dir) && coda_iscontrol(name, length)) {
+		error = coda_cnode_makectl(&inode, dir->i_sb);
+		type = CODA_NOCACHE;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
 	lock_kernel();
-        /* control object, create inode on the fly */
-        if (coda_isroot(dir) && coda_iscontrol(name, length)) {
-	        error = coda_cnode_makectl(&res_inode, dir->i_sb);
-		dropme = 1;
-                goto exit;
-        }
 
-	error = venus_lookup(dir->i_sb, coda_i2f(dir), 
-			     (const char *)name, length, &type, &resfid);
+	error = venus_lookup(dir->i_sb, coda_i2f(dir), name, length,
+			     &type, &resfid);
+	if (!error)
+		error = coda_cnode_make(&inode, &resfid, dir->i_sb);
 
-	res_inode = NULL;
-	if (!error) {
-		if (type & CODA_NOCACHE) {
-			type &= (~CODA_NOCACHE);
-			dropme = 1;
-		}
+	unlock_kernel();
 
-	    	error = coda_cnode_make(&res_inode, &resfid, dir->i_sb);
-		if (error) {
-			unlock_kernel();
-			return ERR_PTR(error);
-		}
-	} else if (error != -ENOENT) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+	if (error && error != -ENOENT)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
-	}
 
 exit:
-	entry->d_time = 0;
 	entry->d_op = &coda_dentry_operations;
-	d_add(entry, res_inode);
-	if ( dropme ) {
-		d_drop(entry);
-		coda_flag_inode(res_inode, C_VATTR);
-	}
-	unlock_kernel();
-        return NULL;
+
+	if (inode && (type & CODA_NOCACHE))
+		coda_flag_inode(inode, C_VATTR | C_PURGE);
+
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, entry);
 }