diff --git a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
index 09bc68708d28..2dd55b172d57 100644
--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -519,26 +519,33 @@ struct dentry *exportfs_decode_fh(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct fid *fid,
 		 * inode is actually connected to the parent.
 		 */
 		err = exportfs_get_name(mnt, target_dir, nbuf, result);
-		if (!err) {
-			inode_lock(target_dir->d_inode);
-			nresult = lookup_one_len(nbuf, target_dir,
-						 strlen(nbuf));
-			inode_unlock(target_dir->d_inode);
-			if (!IS_ERR(nresult)) {
-				if (nresult->d_inode) {
-					dput(result);
-					result = nresult;
-				} else
-					dput(nresult);
-			}
+		if (err) {
+			dput(target_dir);
+			goto err_result;
 		}
 
+		inode_lock(target_dir->d_inode);
+		nresult = lookup_one_len(nbuf, target_dir, strlen(nbuf));
+		if (!IS_ERR(nresult)) {
+			if (unlikely(nresult->d_inode != result->d_inode)) {
+				dput(nresult);
+				nresult = ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
+			}
+		}
+		inode_unlock(target_dir->d_inode);
 		/*
 		 * At this point we are done with the parent, but it's pinned
 		 * by the child dentry anyway.
 		 */
 		dput(target_dir);
 
+		if (IS_ERR(nresult)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(nresult);
+			goto err_result;
+		}
+		dput(result);
+		result = nresult;
+
 		/*
 		 * And finally make sure the dentry is actually acceptable
 		 * to NFSD.