diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 74b1469a9504..e383bf0334f1 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -485,22 +485,6 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, s
 	DPRINTK("pid = %u, pgrp = %u, catatonic = %d, oz_mode = %d",
 		 current->pid, task_pgrp_nr(current), sbi->catatonic, oz_mode);
 
-	expiring = autofs4_lookup_expiring(sbi, dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name);
-	if (expiring) {
-		/*
-		 * If we are racing with expire the request might not
-		 * be quite complete but the directory has been removed
-		 * so it must have been successful, so just wait for it.
-		 */
-		ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(expiring);
-		autofs4_expire_wait(expiring);
-		spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-		if (!list_empty(&ino->expiring))
-			list_del_init(&ino->expiring);
-		spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-		dput(expiring);
-	}
-
 	unhashed = autofs4_lookup_active(sbi, dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name);
 	if (unhashed)
 		dentry = unhashed;
@@ -538,14 +522,31 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, s
 	}
 
 	if (!oz_mode) {
+		mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
+		expiring = autofs4_lookup_expiring(sbi,
+						   dentry->d_parent,
+						   &dentry->d_name);
+		if (expiring) {
+			/*
+			 * If we are racing with expire the request might not
+			 * be quite complete but the directory has been removed
+			 * so it must have been successful, so just wait for it.
+			 */
+			ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(expiring);
+			autofs4_expire_wait(expiring);
+			spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+			if (!list_empty(&ino->expiring))
+				list_del_init(&ino->expiring);
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+			dput(expiring);
+		}
+
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING;
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_revalidate) {
-			mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
+		if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_revalidate)
 			(dentry->d_op->d_revalidate)(dentry, nd);
-			mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
-		}
+		mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
 	}
 
 	/*