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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/cifs/inode.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c index 09082ac8518..f36b4e40e44 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/inode.c +++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c @@ -1453,7 +1453,8 @@ int cifs_rename(struct inode *source_dir, struct dentry *source_dentry, checking the UniqueId via FILE_INTERNAL_INFO */ unlink_target: - if ((rc == -EACCES) || (rc == -EEXIST)) { + /* Try unlinking the target dentry if it's not negative */ + if (target_dentry->d_inode && (rc == -EACCES || rc == -EEXIST)) { tmprc = cifs_unlink(target_dir, target_dentry); if (tmprc) goto cifs_rename_exit; |