diff --git a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
index 1f016bfb42d5ed3851762d133c7d1f11e7fed65b..54f9237927288bd43d629156ddbd7a77532a9d48 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -88,14 +88,6 @@ struct autofs_info {
 
 	uid_t uid;
 	gid_t gid;
-
-	mode_t	mode;
-	size_t	size;
-
-	void (*free)(struct autofs_info *);
-	union {
-		const char *symlink;
-	} u;
 };
 
 #define AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING	(1<<0) /* dentry is in the process of expiring */
@@ -175,7 +167,7 @@ static inline int autofs4_ispending(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct inode *autofs4_get_inode(struct super_block *, struct autofs_info *);
+struct inode *autofs4_get_inode(struct super_block *, mode_t);
 void autofs4_free_ino(struct autofs_info *);
 
 /* Expiration */
@@ -285,7 +277,8 @@ static inline void managed_dentry_clear_managed(struct dentry *dentry)
 /* Initializing function */
 
 int autofs4_fill_super(struct super_block *, void *, int);
-struct autofs_info *autofs4_init_ino(struct autofs_info *, struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, mode_t mode);
+struct autofs_info *autofs4_new_ino(struct autofs_sb_info *);
+void autofs4_clean_ino(struct autofs_info *);
 
 /* Queue management functions */
 
@@ -345,5 +338,4 @@ static inline void autofs4_del_expiring(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return;
 }
 
-void autofs4_dentry_release(struct dentry *);
 extern void autofs4_kill_sb(struct super_block *);
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
index 3ed79d76c233bf2fb7c2955391e1615672fd85ac..f43100b9662bd020f2fd609a68e7d4e1f2243ad0 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static struct dentry *get_next_positive_dentry(struct dentry *prev,
 	struct dentry *p, *ret;
 
 	if (prev == NULL)
-		return dget(prev);
+		return dget(root);
 
 	spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
 relock:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static struct dentry *get_next_positive_dentry(struct dentry *prev,
 	spin_lock_nested(&ret->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 	/* Negative dentry - try next */
 	if (!simple_positive(ret)) {
-		spin_unlock(&ret->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&p->d_lock);
 		p = ret;
 		goto again;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/inode.c b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
index 9e1a9dad23e16663fc69937ebc47dd7f286529f2..180fa2425e49310e9674a227c13297a1718f53fa 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
@@ -22,65 +22,27 @@
 #include "autofs_i.h"
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
-static void ino_lnkfree(struct autofs_info *ino)
+struct autofs_info *autofs4_new_ino(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	if (ino->u.symlink) {
-		kfree(ino->u.symlink);
-		ino->u.symlink = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-struct autofs_info *autofs4_init_ino(struct autofs_info *ino,
-				     struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, mode_t mode)
-{
-	int reinit = 1;
-
-	if (ino == NULL) {
-		reinit = 0;
-		ino = kmalloc(sizeof(*ino), GFP_KERNEL);
-	}
-
-	if (ino == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (!reinit) {
-		ino->flags = 0;
-		ino->dentry = NULL;
-		ino->size = 0;
+	struct autofs_info *ino = kzalloc(sizeof(*ino), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ino) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ino->active);
-		ino->active_count = 0;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ino->expiring);
-		atomic_set(&ino->count, 0);
+		ino->last_used = jiffies;
+		ino->sbi = sbi;
 	}
+	return ino;
+}
 
+void autofs4_clean_ino(struct autofs_info *ino)
+{
 	ino->uid = 0;
 	ino->gid = 0;
-	ino->mode = mode;
 	ino->last_used = jiffies;
-
-	ino->sbi = sbi;
-
-	if (reinit && ino->free)
-		(ino->free)(ino);
-
-	memset(&ino->u, 0, sizeof(ino->u));
-
-	ino->free = NULL;
-
-	if (S_ISLNK(mode))
-		ino->free = ino_lnkfree;
-
-	return ino;
 }
 
 void autofs4_free_ino(struct autofs_info *ino)
 {
-	if (ino->dentry) {
-		ino->dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
-		ino->dentry = NULL;
-	}
-	if (ino->free)
-		(ino->free)(ino);
 	kfree(ino);
 }
 
@@ -136,9 +98,16 @@ static int autofs4_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void autofs4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	kfree(inode->i_private);
+}
+
 static const struct super_operations autofs4_sops = {
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
 	.show_options	= autofs4_show_options,
+	.evict_inode	= autofs4_evict_inode,
 };
 
 enum {Opt_err, Opt_fd, Opt_uid, Opt_gid, Opt_pgrp, Opt_minproto, Opt_maxproto,
@@ -228,17 +197,6 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, int *pipefd, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid,
 	return (*pipefd < 0);
 }
 
-static struct autofs_info *autofs4_mkroot(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi)
-{
-	struct autofs_info *ino;
-
-	ino = autofs4_init_ino(NULL, sbi, S_IFDIR | 0755);
-	if (!ino)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return ino;
-}
-
 int autofs4_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 {
 	struct inode * root_inode;
@@ -282,10 +240,10 @@ int autofs4_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	/*
 	 * Get the root inode and dentry, but defer checking for errors.
 	 */
-	ino = autofs4_mkroot(sbi);
+	ino = autofs4_new_ino(sbi);
 	if (!ino)
 		goto fail_free;
-	root_inode = autofs4_get_inode(s, ino);
+	root_inode = autofs4_get_inode(s, S_IFDIR | 0755);
 	if (!root_inode)
 		goto fail_ino;
 
@@ -368,15 +326,14 @@ int autofs4_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-struct inode *autofs4_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
-				struct autofs_info *inf)
+struct inode *autofs4_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, mode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = new_inode(sb);
 
 	if (inode == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	inode->i_mode = inf->mode;
+	inode->i_mode = mode;
 	if (sb->s_root) {
 		inode->i_uid = sb->s_root->d_inode->i_uid;
 		inode->i_gid = sb->s_root->d_inode->i_gid;
@@ -384,12 +341,11 @@ struct inode *autofs4_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 
-	if (S_ISDIR(inf->mode)) {
+	if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
 		inode->i_nlink = 2;
 		inode->i_op = &autofs4_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &autofs4_dir_operations;
-	} else if (S_ISLNK(inf->mode)) {
-		inode->i_size = inf->size;
+	} else if (S_ISLNK(mode)) {
 		inode->i_op = &autofs4_symlink_inode_operations;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 1dba035fc37651db8906ad7e8e8b5cc075b587e2..014e7aba3b08dcb6fe4a9395d2ec513d91ad4205 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 static struct vfsmount *autofs4_d_automount(struct path *);
 static int autofs4_d_manage(struct dentry *, bool, bool);
+static void autofs4_dentry_release(struct dentry *);
 
 const struct file_operations autofs4_root_operations = {
 	.open		= dcache_dir_open,
@@ -138,25 +139,26 @@ static int autofs4_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return dcache_dir_open(inode, file);
 }
 
-void autofs4_dentry_release(struct dentry *de)
+static void autofs4_dentry_release(struct dentry *de)
 {
-	struct autofs_info *inf;
+	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(de);
+	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(de->d_sb);
 
 	DPRINTK("releasing %p", de);
 
-	inf = autofs4_dentry_ino(de);
-	if (inf) {
-		struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(de->d_sb);
-		if (sbi) {
-			spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-			if (!list_empty(&inf->active))
-				list_del(&inf->active);
-			if (!list_empty(&inf->expiring))
-				list_del(&inf->expiring);
-			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-		}
-		autofs4_free_ino(inf);
+	if (!ino)
+		return;
+
+	if (sbi) {
+		spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+		if (!list_empty(&ino->active))
+			list_del(&ino->active);
+		if (!list_empty(&ino->expiring))
+			list_del(&ino->expiring);
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 	}
+
+	autofs4_free_ino(ino);
 }
 
 static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_active(struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -488,7 +490,8 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, s
 	sbi = autofs4_sbi(dir->i_sb);
 
 	DPRINTK("pid = %u, pgrp = %u, catatonic = %d, oz_mode = %d",
-		current->pid, task_pgrp_nr(current), sbi->catatonic, oz_mode);
+		current->pid, task_pgrp_nr(current), sbi->catatonic,
+		autofs4_oz_mode(sbi));
 
 	active = autofs4_lookup_active(dentry);
 	if (active) {
@@ -507,7 +510,7 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, s
 		if (autofs_type_indirect(sbi->type) && IS_ROOT(dentry->d_parent))
 			__managed_dentry_set_managed(dentry);
 
-		ino = autofs4_init_ino(NULL, sbi, 0555);
+		ino = autofs4_new_ino(sbi);
 		if (!ino)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -529,6 +532,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
 	struct autofs_info *p_ino;
 	struct inode *inode;
+	size_t size = strlen(symname);
 	char *cp;
 
 	DPRINTK("%s <- %.*s", symname,
@@ -537,39 +541,35 @@ static int autofs4_dir_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 	if (!autofs4_oz_mode(sbi))
 		return -EACCES;
 
-	ino = autofs4_init_ino(ino, sbi, S_IFLNK | 0555);
-	if (!ino)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	BUG_ON(!ino);
+
+	autofs4_clean_ino(ino);
 
 	autofs4_del_active(dentry);
 
-	ino->size = strlen(symname);
-	cp = kmalloc(ino->size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cp) {
-		if (!dentry->d_fsdata)
-			kfree(ino);
+	cp = kmalloc(size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	strcpy(cp, symname);
 
-	inode = autofs4_get_inode(dir->i_sb, ino);
+	inode = autofs4_get_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFLNK | 0555);
 	if (!inode) {
 		kfree(cp);
 		if (!dentry->d_fsdata)
 			kfree(ino);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+	inode->i_private = cp;
+	inode->i_size = size;
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 
-	dentry->d_fsdata = ino;
-	ino->dentry = dget(dentry);
+	dget(dentry);
 	atomic_inc(&ino->count);
 	p_ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry->d_parent);
 	if (p_ino && dentry->d_parent != dentry)
 		atomic_inc(&p_ino->count);
 
-	ino->u.symlink = cp;
 	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -732,25 +732,21 @@ static int autofs4_dir_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	DPRINTK("dentry %p, creating %.*s",
 		dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	ino = autofs4_init_ino(ino, sbi, S_IFDIR | 0555);
-	if (!ino)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	BUG_ON(!ino);
+
+	autofs4_clean_ino(ino);
 
 	autofs4_del_active(dentry);
 
-	inode = autofs4_get_inode(dir->i_sb, ino);
-	if (!inode) {
-		if (!dentry->d_fsdata)
-			kfree(ino);
+	inode = autofs4_get_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFDIR | 0555);
+	if (!inode)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 
 	if (sbi->version < 5)
 		autofs_set_leaf_automount_flags(dentry);
 
-	dentry->d_fsdata = ino;
-	ino->dentry = dget(dentry);
+	dget(dentry);
 	atomic_inc(&ino->count);
 	p_ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry->d_parent);
 	if (p_ino && dentry->d_parent != dentry)
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/symlink.c b/fs/autofs4/symlink.c
index b4ea82934d2e3a7a8f2707cbac630b5627faca84..f27c094a1919c2af890df6b1f2ac3a9e6a523b4c 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/symlink.c
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 
 static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
-	nd_set_link(nd, (char *)ino->u.symlink);
+	nd_set_link(nd, dentry->d_inode->i_private);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index b753192d8c3f15850abaab3cc36d52ff3cd59460..7d77f24d32a98a115e320605369006eeef30ae0d 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1272,8 +1272,10 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 	path->mnt = mnt;
 	path->dentry = dentry;
 	err = follow_managed(path, nd->flags);
-	if (unlikely(err < 0))
+	if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
+		path_put_conditional(path, nd);
 		return err;
+	}
 	*inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	return 0;