diff -NurpP --minimal linux-2.6.22.9-vs2.3.0.28.4.2/fs/namei.c linux-2.6.22.9-vs2.3.0.28.4.3/fs/namei.c
--- linux-2.6.22.9-vs2.3.0.28.4.2/fs/namei.c	2007-10-25 18:04:41 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.22.9-vs2.3.0.28.4.3/fs/namei.c	2007-10-25 18:21:22 +0200
@@ -2775,10 +2775,10 @@ long do_cow_splice(struct file *in, stru
 
 struct dentry *cow_break_link(const char *pathname)
 {
-	int ret, redo, mode, pathlen;
+	int ret, mode, pathlen, redo = 0;
 	struct nameidata old_nd, dir_nd;
 	struct dentry *old_dentry, *new_dentry;
-	struct dentry *res, *dir;
+	struct dentry *dir, *res = NULL;
 	struct vfsmount *old_mnt, *new_mnt;
 	struct file *old_file;
 	struct file *new_file;
@@ -2933,11 +2933,28 @@ out_fput_old:
 out_unlock_new:
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!ret)
-		goto out_rel_both;
+		goto out_redo;
 
 	/* error path cleanup */
 	vfs_unlink(dir->d_inode, new_dentry, &dir_nd);
 	dput(new_dentry);
+
+out_redo:
+	if (!redo)
+		goto out_rel_both;
+	/* lookup dentry once again */
+	ret = path_lookup(pathname, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &old_nd);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_rel_both;
+
+	new_dentry = old_nd.dentry;
+	vxdprintk(VXD_CBIT(misc, 2),
+		"path_lookup(redo): %p [»%.*s«:%d]", new_dentry,
+		new_dentry->d_name.len, new_dentry->d_name.name,
+		new_dentry->d_name.len);
+	dget(new_dentry);
+	res = new_dentry;
+
 out_rel_both:
 	path_release(&dir_nd);
 out_rel_old: