diff -Nru a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c Thu Nov 7 10:57:49 2002
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c Thu Nov 7 10:57:49 2002
-@@ -2173,7 +2173,26 @@
+@@ -2173,7 +2173,30 @@
/*
* ok, that's it
*/
- ext3_delete_entry(handle, old_dir, old_de, old_bh);
-+ retval = ext3_delete_entry(handle, old_dir, old_de, old_bh);
-+ if (retval == -ENOENT) {
-+ /*
-+ * old_de could have moved out from under us.
-+ */
++ if (le32_to_cpu(old_de->inode) != old_inode->i_ino ||
++ old_de->name_len != old_dentry->d_name.len ||
++ strncmp(old_de->name, old_dentry->d_name.name, old_de->name_len) ||
++ (retval = ext3_delete_entry(handle, old_dir,
++ old_de, old_bh)) == -ENOENT) {
++ /* old_de could have moved from under us during htree split, so
++ * make sure that we are deleting the right entry. We might
++ * also be pointing to a stale entry in the unused part of
++ * old_bh so just checking inum and the name isn't enough. */
+ struct buffer_head *old_bh2;
+ struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *old_de2;
-+
++
+ old_bh2 = ext3_find_entry(old_dentry, &old_de2);
+ if (old_bh2) {
+ retval = ext3_delete_entry(handle, old_dir,