diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index c37a656802b0f5da26b7bf800f46982834c039d0..1a976d4efbe1c20fc75a776cb79c9b1c48a403b3 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -246,13 +246,16 @@ void dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 		if (dentry->d_op->d_delete(dentry))
 			goto unhash_it;
 	}
+
 	/* Unreachable? Get rid of it */
  	if (d_unhashed(dentry))
 		goto kill_it;
-  	if (list_empty(&dentry->d_lru)) {
-  		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_REFERENCED;
+
+	/* Otherwise leave it cached and ensure it's on the LRU */
+	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_REFERENCED;
+	if (list_empty(&dentry->d_lru))
 		dentry_lru_add(dentry);
-  	}
+
  	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 	return;