diff --git a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
index c3d352d..69b1497b 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 	int		flags;
 
-	struct list_head rehash;
+	struct list_head expiring;
 
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi;
 	unsigned long last_used;
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@
 	struct mutex wq_mutex;
 	spinlock_t fs_lock;
 	struct autofs_wait_queue *queues; /* Wait queue pointer */
-	spinlock_t rehash_lock;
-	struct list_head rehash_list;
+	spinlock_t lookup_lock;
+	struct list_head expiring_list;
 };
 
 static inline struct autofs_sb_info *autofs4_sbi(struct super_block *sb)
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/inode.c b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
index 2fdcf5e..94bfc15 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	ino->dentry = NULL;
 	ino->size = 0;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ino->rehash);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ino->expiring);
 
 	ino->last_used = jiffies;
 	atomic_set(&ino->count, 0);
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@
 	mutex_init(&sbi->wq_mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	sbi->queues = NULL;
-	spin_lock_init(&sbi->rehash_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->rehash_list);
+	spin_lock_init(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->expiring_list);
 	s->s_blocksize = 1024;
 	s->s_blocksize_bits = 10;
 	s->s_magic = AUTOFS_SUPER_MAGIC;
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index edf5b6b..9ead227 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -493,10 +493,10 @@
 		struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(de->d_sb);
 
 		if (sbi) {
-			spin_lock(&sbi->rehash_lock);
-			if (!list_empty(&inf->rehash))
-				list_del(&inf->rehash);
-			spin_unlock(&sbi->rehash_lock);
+			spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+			if (!list_empty(&inf->expiring))
+				list_del(&inf->expiring);
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 		}
 
 		inf->dentry = NULL;
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
 	.d_release	= autofs4_dentry_release,
 };
 
-static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_unhashed(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name)
+static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_expiring(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name)
 {
 	unsigned int len = name->len;
 	unsigned int hash = name->hash;
@@ -526,14 +526,14 @@
 	struct list_head *p, *head;
 
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	spin_lock(&sbi->rehash_lock);
-	head = &sbi->rehash_list;
+	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+	head = &sbi->expiring_list;
 	list_for_each(p, head) {
 		struct autofs_info *ino;
 		struct dentry *dentry;
 		struct qstr *qstr;
 
-		ino = list_entry(p, struct autofs_info, rehash);
+		ino = list_entry(p, struct autofs_info, expiring);
 		dentry = ino->dentry;
 
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
@@ -555,33 +555,16 @@
 			goto next;
 
 		if (d_unhashed(dentry)) {
-			struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-
-			ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
-			list_del_init(&ino->rehash);
 			dget(dentry);
-			/*
-			 * Make the rehashed dentry negative so the VFS
-			 * behaves as it should.
-			 */
-			if (inode) {
-				dentry->d_inode = NULL;
-				list_del_init(&dentry->d_alias);
-				spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-				spin_unlock(&sbi->rehash_lock);
-				spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-				iput(inode);
-				return dentry;
-			}
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&sbi->rehash_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 			return dentry;
 		}
 next:
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&sbi->rehash_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 
 	return NULL;
@@ -591,7 +574,7 @@
 static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi;
-	struct dentry *unhashed;
+	struct dentry *expiring;
 	int oz_mode;
 
 	DPRINTK("name = %.*s",
@@ -607,44 +590,44 @@
 	DPRINTK("pid = %u, pgrp = %u, catatonic = %d, oz_mode = %d",
 		 current->pid, task_pgrp_nr(current), sbi->catatonic, oz_mode);
 
-	unhashed = autofs4_lookup_unhashed(sbi, dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name);
-	if (!unhashed) {
-		/*
-		 * Mark the dentry incomplete but don't hash it. We do this
-		 * to serialize our inode creation operations (symlink and
-		 * mkdir) which prevents deadlock during the callback to
-		 * the daemon. Subsequent user space lookups for the same
-		 * dentry are placed on the wait queue while the daemon
-		 * itself is allowed passage unresticted so the create
-		 * operation itself can then hash the dentry. Finally,
-		 * we check for the hashed dentry and return the newly
-		 * hashed dentry.
-		 */
-		dentry->d_op = &autofs4_root_dentry_operations;
-
-		dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
-		d_instantiate(dentry, NULL);
-	} else {
-		struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(unhashed);
-		DPRINTK("rehash %p with %p", dentry, unhashed);
+	expiring = autofs4_lookup_expiring(sbi, dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name);
+	if (expiring) {
+		struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(expiring);
 		/*
 		 * If we are racing with expire the request might not
 		 * be quite complete but the directory has been removed
 		 * so it must have been successful, so just wait for it.
-		 * We need to ensure the AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING flag is clear
-		 * before continuing as revalidate may fail when calling
-		 * try_to_fill_dentry (returning EAGAIN) if we don't.
 		 */
 		while (ino && (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING)) {
 			DPRINTK("wait for incomplete expire %p name=%.*s",
-				unhashed, unhashed->d_name.len,
-				unhashed->d_name.name);
-			autofs4_wait(sbi, unhashed, NFY_NONE);
+				expiring, expiring->d_name.len,
+				expiring->d_name.name);
+			autofs4_wait(sbi, expiring, NFY_NONE);
 			DPRINTK("request completed");
 		}
-		dentry = unhashed;
+		spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+		if (!list_empty(&ino->expiring))
+			list_del_init(&ino->expiring);
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+		dput(expiring);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Mark the dentry incomplete but don't hash it. We do this
+	 * to serialize our inode creation operations (symlink and
+	 * mkdir) which prevents deadlock during the callback to
+	 * the daemon. Subsequent user space lookups for the same
+	 * dentry are placed on the wait queue while the daemon
+	 * itself is allowed passage unresticted so the create
+	 * operation itself can then hash the dentry. Finally,
+	 * we check for the hashed dentry and return the newly
+	 * hashed dentry.
+	 */
+	dentry->d_op = &autofs4_root_dentry_operations;
+
+	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
+	d_instantiate(dentry, NULL);
+
 	if (!oz_mode) {
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING;
@@ -668,8 +651,6 @@
 			if (sigismember (sigset, SIGKILL) ||
 			    sigismember (sigset, SIGQUIT) ||
 			    sigismember (sigset, SIGINT)) {
-			    if (unhashed)
-				dput(unhashed);
 			    return ERR_PTR(-ERESTARTNOINTR);
 			}
 		}
@@ -699,15 +680,9 @@
 		else
 			dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
-		if (unhashed)
-			dput(unhashed);
-
 		return dentry;
 	}
 
-	if (unhashed)
-		return dentry;
-
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -769,9 +744,8 @@
  * that the file no longer exists. However, doing that means that the
  * VFS layer can turn the dentry into a negative dentry.  We don't want
  * this, because the unlink is probably the result of an expire.
- * We simply d_drop it and add it to a rehash candidates list in the
- * super block, which allows the dentry lookup to reuse it retaining
- * the flags, such as expire in progress, in case we're racing with expire.
+ * We simply d_drop it and add it to a expiring list in the super block,
+ * which allows the dentry lookup to check for an incomplete expire.
  *
  * If a process is blocked on the dentry waiting for the expire to finish,
  * it will invalidate the dentry and try to mount with a new one.
@@ -801,9 +775,9 @@
 	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	spin_lock(&sbi->rehash_lock);
-	list_add(&ino->rehash, &sbi->rehash_list);
-	spin_unlock(&sbi->rehash_lock);
+	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+	list_add(&ino->expiring, &sbi->expiring_list);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	__d_drop(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
@@ -829,9 +803,9 @@
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 	}
-	spin_lock(&sbi->rehash_lock);
-	list_add(&ino->rehash, &sbi->rehash_list);
-	spin_unlock(&sbi->rehash_lock);
+	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+	list_add(&ino->expiring, &sbi->expiring_list);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	__d_drop(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);