now = jiffies;
        timeout = sbi->exp_timeout;
 
-       /* Lock the tree as we must expire as a whole */
        spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
        if (!autofs4_direct_busy(mnt, root, timeout, do_now)) {
                struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(root);
-
-               /* Set this flag early to catch sys_chdir and the like */
+               if (d_mountpoint(root)) {
+                       ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_MOUNTPOINT;
+                       root->d_mounted--;
+               }
                ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
+               init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
                spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
                return root;
        }
                expired, (int)expired->d_name.len, expired->d_name.name);
        ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(expired);
        ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
+       init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
        spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
        spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
        list_move(&expired->d_parent->d_subdirs, &expired->d_u.d_child);
        spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
        ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
        ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
+       complete_all(&ino->expire_complete);
        spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 
        return ret;
                /* This is synchronous because it makes the daemon a
                    little easier */
                ret = autofs4_wait(sbi, dentry, NFY_EXPIRE);
+
                spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+               if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_MOUNTPOINT) {
+                       sb->s_root->d_mounted++;
+                       ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_MOUNTPOINT;
+               }
                ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
+               complete_all(&ino->expire_complete);
                spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
                dput(dentry);
        }
 
                         dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
                status = autofs4_wait(sbi, dentry, NFY_NONE);
+               wait_for_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
 
                DPRINTK("expire done status=%d", status);
 
        DPRINTK("dentry=%p %.*s oz_mode=%d nd->flags=%d",
                dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, oz_mode,
                nd->flags);
-
-       /* If it's our master or we shouldn't trigger a mount we're done */
-       lookup_type = nd->flags & (TRIGGER_FLAGS | TRIGGER_INTENTS);
-       if (oz_mode ||
-           !(lookup_type || dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING))
+       /*
+        * For an expire of a covered direct or offset mount we need
+        * to beeak out of follow_down() at the autofs mount trigger
+        * (d_mounted--), so we can see the expiring flag, and manage
+        * the blocking and following here until the expire is completed.
+        */
+       if (oz_mode) {
+               spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+               if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING) {
+                       spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+                       /* Follow down to our covering mount. */
+                       if (!follow_down(&nd->path.mnt, &nd->path.dentry))
+                               goto done;
+                       /*
+                        * We shouldn't need to do this but we have no way
+                        * of knowing what may have been done so try a follow
+                        * just in case.
+                        */
+                       autofs4_follow_mount(&nd->path.mnt, &nd->path.dentry);
+                       goto done;
+               }
+               spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
                goto done;
+       }
 
-       /* If an expire request is pending wait for it. */
+       /* If an expire request is pending everyone must wait. */
        spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
        if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING) {
                spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
                        dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
                status = autofs4_wait(sbi, dentry, NFY_NONE);
+               wait_for_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
 
                DPRINTK("request done status=%d", status);
 
        }
        spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 cont:
+       /* We trigger a mount for almost all flags */
+       lookup_type = nd->flags & (TRIGGER_FLAGS | TRIGGER_INTENTS);
+       if (!(lookup_type || dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING))
+               goto done;
+
        /*
-        * If the dentry contains directories then it is an
-        * autofs multi-mount with no root mount offset. So
-        * don't try to mount it again.
+        * If the dentry contains directories then it is an autofs
+        * multi-mount with no root mount offset. So don't try to
+        * mount it again.
         */
        spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
        if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING ||
                if (status)
                        goto out_error;
 
-               /*
-                * The mount succeeded but if there is no root mount
-                * it must be an autofs multi-mount with no root offset
-                * so we don't need to follow the mount.
-                */
-               if (d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
-                       if (!autofs4_follow_mount(&nd->path.mnt,
-                                                 &nd->path.dentry)) {
-                               status = -ENOENT;
-                               goto out_error;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               goto done;
+               goto follow;
        }
        spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+follow:
+       /*
+        * If there is no root mount it must be an autofs
+        * multi-mount with no root offset so we don't need
+        * to follow it.
+        */
+       if (d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
+               if (!autofs4_follow_mount(&nd->path.mnt,
+                                         &nd->path.dentry)) {
+                       status = -ENOENT;
+                       goto out_error;
+               }
+       }
 
 done:
        return NULL;
                                expiring, expiring->d_name.len,
                                expiring->d_name.name);
                        autofs4_wait(sbi, expiring, NFY_NONE);
+                       wait_for_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
                        DPRINTK("request completed");
                        goto cont;
                }