diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 2410b093a2e6..b0555d7d8200 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1201,6 +1201,28 @@ nfsd_create_locked(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 		break;
 	case S_IFDIR:
 		host_err = vfs_mkdir(dirp, dchild, iap->ia_mode);
+		if (!host_err && unlikely(d_unhashed(dchild))) {
+			struct dentry *d;
+			d = lookup_one_len(dchild->d_name.name,
+					   dchild->d_parent,
+					   dchild->d_name.len);
+			if (IS_ERR(d)) {
+				host_err = PTR_ERR(d);
+				break;
+			}
+			if (unlikely(d_is_negative(d))) {
+				dput(d);
+				err = nfserr_serverfault;
+				goto out;
+			}
+			dput(resfhp->fh_dentry);
+			resfhp->fh_dentry = dget(d);
+			err = fh_update(resfhp);
+			dput(dchild);
+			dchild = d;
+			if (err)
+				goto out;
+		}
 		break;
 	case S_IFCHR:
 	case S_IFBLK: