--- linux-2.6.4-51.0.orig/fs/namei.c	2004-04-06 22:16:14.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-2.6.4-51.0/fs/namei.c	2004-04-09 16:07:42.856930416 +0300
@@ -749,10 +749,18 @@ last_component:
  				nd->flags |= LOOKUP_LAST;
  				err = revalidate_special(nd);
  				nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_LAST;
- 				if (err)
+				if (err)
  					break;
 				goto return_reval;
 		}
+		
+		if (err) {
+			if (!nd->dentry->d_inode)
+				err = -ENOENT;
+			
+			goto return_err;			
+		}
+		
 		if (nd->dentry->d_op && nd->dentry->d_op->d_hash) {
 			err = nd->dentry->d_op->d_hash(nd->dentry, &this);
 			if (err < 0)