diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index a1d86c7..fd244c7 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-
 int sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure __read_mostly = 100;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure);
 
@@ -948,9 +947,6 @@
 	dentry->d_op = NULL;
 	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
 	dentry->d_mounted = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROFILING
-	dentry->d_cookie = NULL;
-#endif
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&dentry->d_hash);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_lru);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_subdirs);
diff --git a/fs/dcookies.c b/fs/dcookies.c
index 855d4b1..180e9fe 100644
--- a/fs/dcookies.c
+++ b/fs/dcookies.c
@@ -93,10 +93,15 @@
 {
 	struct dcookie_struct *dcs = kmem_cache_alloc(dcookie_cache,
 							GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct dentry *d;
 	if (!dcs)
 		return NULL;
 
-	path->dentry->d_cookie = dcs;
+	d = path->dentry;
+	spin_lock(&d->d_lock);
+	d->d_flags |= DCACHE_COOKIE;
+	spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
+
 	dcs->path = *path;
 	path_get(path);
 	hash_dcookie(dcs);
@@ -119,14 +124,14 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	dcs = path->dentry->d_cookie;
-
-	if (!dcs)
+	if (path->dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_COOKIE) {
+		dcs = find_dcookie((unsigned long)path->dentry);
+	} else {
 		dcs = alloc_dcookie(path);
-
-	if (!dcs) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
+		if (!dcs) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	*cookie = dcookie_value(dcs);
@@ -251,7 +256,12 @@
 
 static void free_dcookie(struct dcookie_struct * dcs)
 {
-	dcs->path.dentry->d_cookie = NULL;
+	struct dentry *d = dcs->path.dentry;
+
+	spin_lock(&d->d_lock);
+	d->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_COOKIE;
+	spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
+
 	path_put(&dcs->path);
 	kmem_cache_free(dcookie_cache, dcs);
 }