diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 510040b04c96..b1dc51888048 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -540,8 +540,7 @@ static struct inode *v9fs_qid_iget(struct super_block *sb,
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	return inode;
 error:
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
+	iget_failed(inode);
 	return ERR_PTR(retval);
 
 }
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 09e4433717b8..e8aa57dc8d6d 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ static struct inode *v9fs_qid_iget_dotl(struct super_block *sb,
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	return inode;
 error:
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
+	iget_failed(inode);
 	return ERR_PTR(retval);
 
 }
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 7a3f3e5f9cea..5c8ea15e73a5 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	/*
 	 * If we have a d_op->d_delete() operation, we sould not
-	 * let the dentry count go to zero, so use "put__or_lock".
+	 * let the dentry count go to zero, so use "put_or_lock".
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_DELETE))
 		return lockref_put_or_lock(&dentry->d_lockref);
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 	 */
 	smp_rmb();
 	d_flags = ACCESS_ONCE(dentry->d_flags);
-	d_flags &= DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST;
+	d_flags &= DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST | DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
 
 	/* Nothing to do? Dropping the reference was all we needed? */
 	if (d_flags == (DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST) && !d_unhashed(dentry))
@@ -776,6 +776,9 @@ repeat:
 	if (unlikely(d_unhashed(dentry)))
 		goto kill_it;
 
+	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED))
+		goto kill_it;
+
 	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_DELETE)) {
 		if (dentry->d_op->d_delete(dentry))
 			goto kill_it;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index f140e3dbfb7b..d9da5a4e9382 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ struct inode *ovl_d_select_inode(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned file_flags)
 	struct path realpath;
 	enum ovl_path_type type;
 
+	if (d_is_dir(dentry))
+		return d_backing_inode(dentry);
+
 	type = ovl_path_real(dentry, &realpath);
 	if (ovl_open_need_copy_up(file_flags, type, realpath.dentry)) {
 		err = ovl_want_write(dentry);