.d_delete = rpc_delete_dentry,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Lookup the data. This is trivial - if the dentry didn't already
+ * exist, we know it is negative.
+ */
+static struct dentry *
+rpc_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
+{
+       if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
+       d_add(dentry, NULL);
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+const struct inode_operations rpc_dir_inode_operations = {
+       .lookup         = rpc_lookup,
+};
+
 static struct inode *
 rpc_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode)
 {
        switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
        case S_IFDIR:
                inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
-               inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
+               inode->i_op = &rpc_dir_inode_operations;
                inc_nlink(inode);
        default:
                break;
                if (!dentry)
                        return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        }
-       if (dentry->d_inode == NULL) {
-               if (!dentry->d_op)
-                       d_set_d_op(dentry, &rpc_dentry_operations);
+       if (dentry->d_inode == NULL)
                return dentry;
-       }
        dput(dentry);
        return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
 }
        sb->s_blocksize_bits = PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
        sb->s_magic = RPCAUTH_GSSMAGIC;
        sb->s_op = &s_ops;
+       sb->s_d_op = &rpc_dentry_operations;
        sb->s_time_gran = 1;
 
        inode = rpc_get_inode(sb, S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);