struct list_head *next;
        int do_now = how & AUTOFS_EXP_IMMEDIATE;
        int exp_leaves = how & AUTOFS_EXP_LEAVES;
+       struct autofs_info *ino;
+       unsigned int ino_count;
 
        if (!root)
                return NULL;
                dentry = dget(dentry);
                spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 
+               spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+               ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
+
                /*
                 * Case 1: (i) indirect mount or top level pseudo direct mount
                 *         (autofs-4.1).
                        DPRINTK("checking mountpoint %p %.*s",
                                dentry, (int)dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
+                       /* Path walk currently on this dentry? */
+                       ino_count = atomic_read(&ino->count) + 2;
+                       if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > ino_count)
+                               goto next;
+
                        /* Can we umount this guy */
                        if (autofs4_mount_busy(mnt, dentry))
                                goto next;
 
                /* Case 2: tree mount, expire iff entire tree is not busy */
                if (!exp_leaves) {
-                       /* Lock the tree as we must expire as a whole */
-                       spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-                       if (!autofs4_tree_busy(mnt, dentry, timeout, do_now)) {
-                               struct autofs_info *inf = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
+                       /* Path walk currently on this dentry? */
+                       ino_count = atomic_read(&ino->count) + 1;
+                       if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > ino_count)
+                               goto next;
 
-                               /* Set this flag early to catch sys_chdir and the like */
-                               inf->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
-                               spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+                       if (!autofs4_tree_busy(mnt, dentry, timeout, do_now)) {
                                expired = dentry;
                                goto found;
                        }
-                       spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
                /*
                 * Case 3: pseudo direct mount, expire individual leaves
                 *         (autofs-4.1).
                 */
                } else {
+                       /* Path walk currently on this dentry? */
+                       ino_count = atomic_read(&ino->count) + 1;
+                       if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > ino_count)
+                               goto next;
+
                        expired = autofs4_check_leaves(mnt, dentry, timeout, do_now);
                        if (expired) {
                                dput(dentry);
                        }
                }
 next:
+               spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
                dput(dentry);
                spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
                next = next->next;
 found:
        DPRINTK("returning %p %.*s",
                expired, (int)expired->d_name.len, expired->d_name.name);
+       ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(expired);
+       ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
+       spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
        spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
        list_move(&expired->d_parent->d_subdirs, &expired->d_u.d_child);
        spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
                      struct autofs_packet_expire __user *pkt_p)
 {
        struct autofs_packet_expire pkt;
+       struct autofs_info *ino;
        struct dentry *dentry;
+       int ret = 0;
 
        memset(&pkt,0,sizeof pkt);
 
        dput(dentry);
 
        if ( copy_to_user(pkt_p, &pkt, sizeof(struct autofs_packet_expire)) )
-               return -EFAULT;
+               ret = -EFAULT;
 
-       return 0;
+       spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+       ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
+       ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
+       spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /* Call repeatedly until it returns -EAGAIN, meaning there's nothing
 
                /* This is synchronous because it makes the daemon a
                    little easier */
-               ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
                ret = autofs4_wait(sbi, dentry, NFY_EXPIRE);
+               spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
                ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
+               spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
                dput(dentry);
        }
 
 
        /* Block on any pending expiry here; invalidate the dentry
            when expiration is done to trigger mount request with a new
            dentry */
-       if (ino && (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING)) {
+       spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+       if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING) {
+               spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+
                DPRINTK("waiting for expire %p name=%.*s",
                         dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
                status = d_invalidate(dentry);
                if (status != -EBUSY)
                        return -EAGAIN;
-       }
 
+               goto cont;
+       }
+       spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+cont:
        DPRINTK("dentry=%p %.*s ino=%p",
                 dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_inode);
 
                goto done;
 
        /* If an expire request is pending wait for it. */
-       if (ino && (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING)) {
+       spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+       if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING) {
+               spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+
                DPRINTK("waiting for active request %p name=%.*s",
                        dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
                status = autofs4_wait(sbi, dentry, NFY_NONE);
 
                DPRINTK("request done status=%d", status);
-       }
 
+               goto cont;
+       }
+       spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+cont:
        /*
         * If the dentry contains directories then it is an
         * autofs multi-mount with no root mount offset. So
        int status = 1;
 
        /* Pending dentry */
+       spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
        if (autofs4_ispending(dentry)) {
                /* The daemon never causes a mount to trigger */
+               spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+
                if (oz_mode)
                        return 1;
 
 
                return status;
        }
+       spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 
        /* Negative dentry.. invalidate if "old" */
        if (dentry->d_inode == NULL)
                DPRINTK("dentry=%p %.*s, emptydir",
                         dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
                spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+
                /* The daemon never causes a mount to trigger */
                if (oz_mode)
                        return 1;
                 * so it must have been successful, so just wait for it.
                 */
                ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(expiring);
-               while (ino && (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING)) {
+               spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+               if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING) {
+                       spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
                        DPRINTK("wait for incomplete expire %p name=%.*s",
                                expiring, expiring->d_name.len,
                                expiring->d_name.name);
                        autofs4_wait(sbi, expiring, NFY_NONE);
                        DPRINTK("request completed");
+                       goto cont;
                }
+               spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+cont:
                spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
                if (!list_empty(&ino->expiring))
                        list_del_init(&ino->expiring);