struct dentry *dentry;
        struct path path;
        int error;
+       unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
 
-       dentry = user_path_create(dfd, pathname, &path, LOOKUP_DIRECTORY);
+retry:
+       dentry = user_path_create(dfd, pathname, &path, lookup_flags);
        if (IS_ERR(dentry))
                return PTR_ERR(dentry);
 
        if (!error)
                error = vfs_mkdir(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode);
        done_path_create(&path, dentry);
+       if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
+               lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+               goto retry;
+       }
        return error;
 }