diff -Nurp linux-2.6.7.orig/fs/autofs4/root.c linux-2.6.7/fs/autofs4/root.c
--- linux-2.6.7.orig/fs/autofs4/root.c	2004-06-16 13:18:52.000000000 +0800
+++ linux-2.6.7/fs/autofs4/root.c	2004-12-28 01:51:15.000000000 +0800
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include "autofs_i.h"
 
-static struct dentry *autofs4_dir_lookup(struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 static int autofs4_dir_symlink(struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
 static int autofs4_dir_unlink(struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 static int autofs4_dir_rmdir(struct inode *,struct dentry *);
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_open(struct inode
 static int autofs4_dir_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static int autofs4_dir_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir);
 static int autofs4_root_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir);
-static struct dentry *autofs4_root_lookup(struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
+static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 static int autofs4_dcache_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 
 struct file_operations autofs4_root_operations = {
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ struct file_operations autofs4_dir_opera
 };
 
 struct inode_operations autofs4_root_inode_operations = {
-	.lookup		= autofs4_root_lookup,
+	.lookup		= autofs4_lookup,
 	.unlink		= autofs4_dir_unlink,
 	.symlink	= autofs4_dir_symlink,
 	.mkdir		= autofs4_dir_mkdir,
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ struct inode_operations autofs4_root_ino
 };
 
 struct inode_operations autofs4_dir_inode_operations = {
-	.lookup		= autofs4_dir_lookup,
+	.lookup		= autofs4_lookup,
 	.unlink		= autofs4_dir_unlink,
 	.symlink	= autofs4_dir_symlink,
 	.mkdir		= autofs4_dir_mkdir,
@@ -361,6 +360,7 @@ static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct den
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING;
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -439,23 +439,8 @@ static struct dentry_operations autofs4_
 	.d_release	= autofs4_dentry_release,
 };
 
-/* Lookups in non-root dirs never find anything - if it's there, it's
-   already in the dcache */
-static struct dentry *autofs4_dir_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-#if 0
-	DPRINTK("ignoring lookup of %.*s/%.*s",
-		 dentry->d_parent->d_name.len, dentry->d_parent->d_name.name,
-		 dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
-#endif
-
-	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
-	d_add(dentry, NULL);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 /* Lookups in the root directory */
-static struct dentry *autofs4_root_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi;
 	int oz_mode;