diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 61beb40dd6bf31c37d70fc5286ea94a32162c334..1e124d4673c65bd3b235f41632f69a6148390394 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -35,10 +35,24 @@
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
+/*
+ * Usage:
+ * dcache_hash_lock protects dcache hash table, s_anon lists
+ *
+ * Ordering:
+ * dcache_lock
+ *   dentry->d_lock
+ *     dcache_hash_lock
+ *
+ * if (dentry1 < dentry2)
+ *   dentry1->d_lock
+ *     dentry2->d_lock
+ */
 int sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure __read_mostly = 100;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure);
 
- __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dcache_lock);
+static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dcache_hash_lock);
+__cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dcache_lock);
 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(rename_lock);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcache_lock);
@@ -196,6 +210,42 @@ static struct dentry *d_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return parent;
 }
 
+/**
+ * d_drop - drop a dentry
+ * @dentry: dentry to drop
+ *
+ * d_drop() unhashes the entry from the parent dentry hashes, so that it won't
+ * be found through a VFS lookup any more. Note that this is different from
+ * deleting the dentry - d_delete will try to mark the dentry negative if
+ * possible, giving a successful _negative_ lookup, while d_drop will
+ * just make the cache lookup fail.
+ *
+ * d_drop() is used mainly for stuff that wants to invalidate a dentry for some
+ * reason (NFS timeouts or autofs deletes).
+ *
+ * __d_drop requires dentry->d_lock.
+ */
+void __d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_UNHASHED)) {
+		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_UNHASHED;
+		spin_lock(&dcache_hash_lock);
+		hlist_del_rcu(&dentry->d_hash);
+		spin_unlock(&dcache_hash_lock);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__d_drop);
+
+void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	__d_drop(dentry);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_drop);
+
 /* 
  * This is dput
  *
@@ -1199,7 +1249,9 @@ struct dentry *d_obtain_alias(struct inode *inode)
 	tmp->d_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
 	tmp->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
 	list_add(&tmp->d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);
+	spin_lock(&dcache_hash_lock);
 	hlist_add_head(&tmp->d_hash, &inode->i_sb->s_anon);
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_hash_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&tmp->d_lock);
 
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
@@ -1585,7 +1637,9 @@ void d_rehash(struct dentry * entry)
 {
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	spin_lock(&entry->d_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dcache_hash_lock);
 	_d_rehash(entry);
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_hash_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&entry->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 }
@@ -1692,8 +1746,6 @@ static void switch_names(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target)
  */
 static void d_move_locked(struct dentry * dentry, struct dentry * target)
 {
-	struct hlist_head *list;
-
 	if (!dentry->d_inode)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "VFS: moving negative dcache entry\n");
 
@@ -1710,14 +1762,11 @@ static void d_move_locked(struct dentry * dentry, struct dentry * target)
 	}
 
 	/* Move the dentry to the target hash queue, if on different bucket */
-	if (d_unhashed(dentry))
-		goto already_unhashed;
-
-	hlist_del_rcu(&dentry->d_hash);
-
-already_unhashed:
-	list = d_hash(target->d_parent, target->d_name.hash);
-	__d_rehash(dentry, list);
+	spin_lock(&dcache_hash_lock);
+	if (!d_unhashed(dentry))
+		hlist_del_rcu(&dentry->d_hash);
+	__d_rehash(dentry, d_hash(target->d_parent, target->d_name.hash));
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_hash_lock);
 
 	/* Unhash the target: dput() will then get rid of it */
 	__d_drop(target);
@@ -1914,7 +1963,9 @@ struct dentry *d_materialise_unique(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 found_lock:
 	spin_lock(&actual->d_lock);
 found:
+	spin_lock(&dcache_hash_lock);
 	_d_rehash(actual);
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_hash_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&actual->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 out_nolock:
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index cea27dfca53263cf35b2fc73f52c5b2d2173c1ac..2feb624b67f1ded9ca25cb2ca41d9ec53a292ec5 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -184,39 +184,6 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 extern spinlock_t dcache_lock;
 extern seqlock_t rename_lock;
 
-/**
- * d_drop - drop a dentry
- * @dentry: dentry to drop
- *
- * d_drop() unhashes the entry from the parent dentry hashes, so that it won't
- * be found through a VFS lookup any more. Note that this is different from
- * deleting the dentry - d_delete will try to mark the dentry negative if
- * possible, giving a successful _negative_ lookup, while d_drop will
- * just make the cache lookup fail.
- *
- * d_drop() is used mainly for stuff that wants to invalidate a dentry for some
- * reason (NFS timeouts or autofs deletes).
- *
- * __d_drop requires dentry->d_lock.
- */
-
-static inline void __d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_UNHASHED)) {
-		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_UNHASHED;
-		hlist_del_rcu(&dentry->d_hash);
-	}
-}
-
-static inline void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
- 	__d_drop(dentry);
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-}
-
 static inline int dname_external(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return dentry->d_name.name != dentry->d_iname;
@@ -228,6 +195,8 @@ static inline int dname_external(struct dentry *dentry)
 extern void d_instantiate(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 extern struct dentry * d_instantiate_unique(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 extern struct dentry * d_materialise_unique(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
+extern void __d_drop(struct dentry *dentry);
+extern void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry);
 extern void d_delete(struct dentry *);
 
 /* allocate/de-allocate */