diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 3aa8a7e980d80877cff19138ce37b4a01fd2c09a..a15a2e1f55208882ec828339943894928a651bc0 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ static inline void dentry_iput(struct dentry * dentry)
 		list_del_init(&dentry->d_alias);
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		fsnotify_inoderemove(inode);
 		if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_iput)
 			dentry->d_op->d_iput(dentry, inode);
 		else
@@ -1165,13 +1167,16 @@ int d_validate(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *dparent)
  
 void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
 {
+	int isdir = 0;
 	/*
 	 * Are we the only user?
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	isdir = S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode);
 	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) == 1) {
 		dentry_iput(dentry);
+		fsnotify_nameremove(dentry, isdir);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1180,6 +1185,8 @@ void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
 
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+
+	fsnotify_nameremove(dentry, isdir);
 }
 
 static void __d_rehash(struct dentry * entry, struct hlist_head *list)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 32accb6a672f8dfb1e797e3e7cbbe5ec09871e5c..57046d98a746f06d9ce51b2321a417de7955391f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1802,7 +1802,6 @@ int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
 	if (!error) {
 		d_delete(dentry);
-		fsnotify_rmdir(dentry, dentry->d_inode, dir);
 	}
 	dput(dentry);
 
@@ -1874,9 +1873,7 @@ int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	/* We don't d_delete() NFS sillyrenamed files--they still exist. */
 	if (!error && !(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) {
-		struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 		d_delete(dentry);
-		fsnotify_unlink(dentry, inode, dir);
 	}
 
 	return error;
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index 1cb4935348d800e31e952f2f1533028640c17e6b..9db31d251c205358fc528eee3bfa774a3af3ff33 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -67,6 +67,26 @@ static inline void fsnotify_rmdir(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 	inotify_inode_is_dead(inode);
 }
 
+/*
+ * fsnotify_nameremove - a filename was removed from a directory
+ */
+static inline void fsnotify_nameremove(struct dentry *dentry, int isdir)
+{
+	if (isdir)
+		isdir = IN_ISDIR;
+	dnotify_parent(dentry, DN_DELETE);
+	inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(dentry, IN_DELETE|isdir, 0, dentry->d_name.name);
+}
+
+/*
+ * fsnotify_inoderemove - an inode is going away
+ */
+static inline void fsnotify_inoderemove(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, IN_DELETE_SELF, 0, NULL);
+	inotify_inode_is_dead(inode);
+}
+
 /*
  * fsnotify_create - 'name' was linked in
  */