return -ECHILD;
 
                op = ceph_snap(dir) == CEPH_SNAPDIR ?
-                       CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUPSNAP : CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUP;
+                       CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUPSNAP : CEPH_MDS_OP_GETATTR;
                req = ceph_mdsc_create_request(mdsc, op, USE_ANY_MDS);
                if (!IS_ERR(req)) {
                        req->r_dentry = dget(dentry);
-                       req->r_num_caps = 2;
+                       req->r_num_caps = op == CEPH_MDS_OP_GETATTR ? 1 : 2;
 
                        mask = CEPH_STAT_CAP_INODE | CEPH_CAP_AUTH_SHARED;
                        if (ceph_security_xattr_wanted(dir))
                                mask |= CEPH_CAP_XATTR_SHARED;
                        req->r_args.getattr.mask = mask;
 
-                       req->r_locked_dir = dir;
                        err = ceph_mdsc_do_request(mdsc, NULL, req);
-                       if (err == 0 || err == -ENOENT) {
-                               if (dentry == req->r_dentry) {
-                                       valid = !d_unhashed(dentry);
-                               } else {
-                                       d_invalidate(req->r_dentry);
-                                       err = -EAGAIN;
-                               }
+                       switch (err) {
+                       case 0:
+                               if (d_really_is_positive(dentry) &&
+                                   d_inode(dentry) == req->r_target_inode)
+                                       valid = 1;
+                               break;
+                       case -ENOENT:
+                               if (d_really_is_negative(dentry))
+                                       valid = 1;
+                               /* Fallthrough */
+                       default:
+                               break;
                        }
                        ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
                        dout("d_revalidate %p lookup result=%d\n",