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-rw-r--r--fs/cifs/inode.c3
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;