diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index 7413d06..1b8490e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
 			mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 			notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
 			mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-			err = vfs_unlink(parent.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
+			err = vfs_unlink(parent.dentry->d_inode, dentry, NULL);
 			if (!err || err == -ENOENT)
 				deleted = 1;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
index f4a08d7..31d480c 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			cachefiles_io_error(cache, "Unlink security error");
 		} else {
-			ret = vfs_unlink(dir->d_inode, rep);
+			ret = vfs_unlink(dir->d_inode, rep, NULL);
 
 			if (preemptive)
 				cachefiles_mark_object_buried(cache, rep);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 0f9b66e..dc60b8b 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 
 	dget(lower_dentry);
 	lower_dir_dentry = lock_parent(lower_dentry);
-	rc = vfs_unlink(lower_dir_inode, lower_dentry);
+	rc = vfs_unlink(lower_dir_inode, lower_dentry, NULL);
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Error in vfs_unlink; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 	inode = __ecryptfs_get_inode(lower_dentry->d_inode,
 				     directory_inode->i_sb);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		vfs_unlink(lower_dir_dentry->d_inode, lower_dentry);
+		vfs_unlink(lower_dir_dentry->d_inode, lower_dentry, NULL);
 		goto out_lock;
 	}
 	fsstack_copy_attr_times(directory_inode, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index e633a58..67ce331 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3615,7 +3615,25 @@
 	return do_rmdir(AT_FDCWD, pathname);
 }
 
-int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
+/**
+ * vfs_unlink - unlink a filesystem object
+ * @dir:	parent directory
+ * @dentry:	victim
+ * @delegated_inode: returns victim inode, if the inode is delegated.
+ *
+ * The caller must hold dir->i_mutex.
+ *
+ * If vfs_unlink discovers a delegation, it will return -EWOULDBLOCK and
+ * return a reference to the inode in delegated_inode.  The caller
+ * should then break the delegation on that inode and retry.  Because
+ * breaking a delegation may take a long time, the caller should drop
+ * dir->i_mutex before doing so.
+ *
+ * Alternatively, a caller may pass NULL for delegated_inode.  This may
+ * be appropriate for callers that expect the underlying filesystem not
+ * to be NFS exported.
+ */
+int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct inode **delegated_inode)
 {
 	struct inode *target = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error = may_delete(dir, dentry, 0);
@@ -3632,11 +3650,20 @@
 	else {
 		error = security_inode_unlink(dir, dentry);
 		if (!error) {
+			error = break_deleg(target, O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK);
+			if (error) {
+				if (error == -EWOULDBLOCK && delegated_inode) {
+					*delegated_inode = target;
+					ihold(target);
+				}
+				goto out;
+			}
 			error = dir->i_op->unlink(dir, dentry);
 			if (!error)
 				dont_mount(dentry);
 		}
 	}
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&target->i_mutex);
 
 	/* We don't d_delete() NFS sillyrenamed files--they still exist. */
@@ -3661,6 +3688,7 @@
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct nameidata nd;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+	struct inode *delegated_inode = NULL;
 	unsigned int lookup_flags = 0;
 retry:
 	name = user_path_parent(dfd, pathname, &nd, lookup_flags);
@@ -3675,7 +3703,7 @@
 	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto exit1;
-
+retry_deleg:
 	mutex_lock_nested(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	dentry = lookup_hash(&nd);
 	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
@@ -3690,13 +3718,21 @@
 		error = security_path_unlink(&nd.path, dentry);
 		if (error)
 			goto exit2;
-		error = vfs_unlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
+		error = vfs_unlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, &delegated_inode);
 exit2:
 		dput(dentry);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	if (inode)
 		iput(inode);	/* truncate the inode here */
+	inode = NULL;
+	if (delegated_inode) {
+		error = break_deleg(delegated_inode, O_WRONLY);
+		iput(delegated_inode);
+		delegated_inode = NULL;
+		if (!error)
+			goto retry_deleg;
+	}
 	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 exit1:
 	path_put(&nd.path);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 13886f7..7a81023 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@
 	if (host_err)
 		goto out_put;
 	if (type != S_IFDIR)
-		host_err = vfs_unlink(dirp, rdentry);
+		host_err = vfs_unlink(dirp, rdentry, NULL);
 	else
 		host_err = vfs_rmdir(dirp, rdentry);
 	if (!host_err)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 8e4be1b..a579923 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@
 extern int vfs_symlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *, const char *);
 extern int vfs_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
-extern int vfs_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
+extern int vfs_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode **);
 extern int vfs_rename(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 
 /*
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index ae1996d..95827ce 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@
 		err = -ENOENT;
 	} else {
 		ihold(inode);
-		err = vfs_unlink(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
+		err = vfs_unlink(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry, NULL);
 	}
 	dput(dentry);