===== fs/ext3/namei.c 1.52 vs edited =====
--- 1.52/fs/ext3/namei.c	Mon May 10 05:25:34 2004
+++ edited/fs/ext3/namei.c	Thu May 20 19:57:10 2004
@@ -2264,11 +2264,15 @@
 	/*
 	 * ok, that's it
 	 */
-	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;