rpc_close_pipes(dentry->d_inode);
                                simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
                        }
+                       inode_dir_notify(dir, DN_DELETE);
                        dput(dentry);
                } while (n);
                goto repeat;
        int error;
 
        shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
-       if (dentry->d_inode)
-               rpc_close_pipes(dentry->d_inode);
+       if (d_unhashed(dentry))
+               return 0;
        if ((error = simple_rmdir(dir, dentry)) != 0)
                return error;
        if (!error) {
        parent = dget_parent(dentry);
        dir = parent->d_inode;
        mutex_lock_nested(&dir->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-       d_drop(dentry);
-       if (dentry->d_inode) {
-               rpc_close_pipes(dentry->d_inode);
-               error = simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
+       if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
+               d_drop(dentry);
+               if (dentry->d_inode) {
+                       rpc_close_pipes(dentry->d_inode);
+                       error = simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
+               }
+               inode_dir_notify(dir, DN_DELETE);
        }
        dput(dentry);
-       inode_dir_notify(dir, DN_DELETE);
        mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
        dput(parent);
        return error;