diff --git a/fs/nfs/getroot.c b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
index 66984a9aafaa..b94f80420a58 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/getroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ struct dentry *nfs_get_root(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *mntfh,
 
 	security_d_instantiate(ret, inode);
 	spin_lock(&ret->d_lock);
-	if (IS_ROOT(ret) && !(ret->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) {
+	if (IS_ROOT(ret) && !ret->d_fsdata &&
+	    !(ret->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) {
 		ret->d_fsdata = name;
 		name = NULL;
 	}