diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index e9d3eb7f0e2b..675112aa998f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3027,10 +3027,8 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_snap_destroy(struct file *file,
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	err = btrfs_delete_subvolume(dir, dentry);
 	inode_unlock(inode);
-	if (!err) {
-		fsnotify_rmdir(dir, dentry);
-		d_delete(dentry);
-	}
+	if (!err)
+		d_delete_notify(dir, dentry);
 
 out_dput:
 	dput(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 5b5759d70822..b952ecbd49c2 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3878,13 +3878,12 @@ int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
 	dont_mount(dentry);
 	detach_mounts(dentry);
-	fsnotify_rmdir(dir, dentry);
 
 out:
 	inode_unlock(dentry->d_inode);
 	dput(dentry);
 	if (!error)
-		d_delete(dentry);
+		d_delete_notify(dir, dentry);
 	return error;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_rmdir);
@@ -3995,7 +3994,6 @@ int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct inode **delegate
 			if (!error) {
 				dont_mount(dentry);
 				detach_mounts(dentry);
-				fsnotify_unlink(dir, dentry);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -4003,9 +4001,11 @@ out:
 	inode_unlock(target);
 
 	/* We don't d_delete() NFS sillyrenamed files--they still exist. */
-	if (!error && !(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) {
+	if (!error && dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED) {
+		fsnotify_unlink(dir, dentry);
+	} else if (!error) {
 		fsnotify_link_count(target);
-		d_delete(dentry);
+		d_delete_notify(dir, dentry);
 	}
 
 	return error;
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index a2d5d175d3c1..e9d2024473b0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -188,6 +188,42 @@ static inline void fsnotify_link(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode, struct
 	fsnotify(dir, FS_CREATE, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, &new_dentry->d_name, 0);
 }
 
+/*
+ * fsnotify_delete - @dentry was unlinked and unhashed
+ *
+ * Caller must make sure that dentry->d_name is stable.
+ *
+ * Note: unlike fsnotify_unlink(), we have to pass also the unlinked inode
+ * as this may be called after d_delete() and old_dentry may be negative.
+ */
+static inline void fsnotify_delete(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
+				   struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	__u32 mask = FS_DELETE;
+
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		mask |= FS_ISDIR;
+
+	fsnotify(dir, mask, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, &dentry->d_name, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * d_delete_notify - delete a dentry and call fsnotify_delete()
+ * @dentry: The dentry to delete
+ *
+ * This helper is used to guaranty that the unlinked inode cannot be found
+ * by lookup of this name after fsnotify_delete() event has been delivered.
+ */
+static inline void d_delete_notify(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+
+	ihold(inode);
+	d_delete(dentry);
+	fsnotify_delete(dir, inode, dentry);
+	iput(inode);
+}
+
 /*
  * fsnotify_unlink - 'name' was unlinked
  *
@@ -195,10 +231,10 @@ static inline void fsnotify_link(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode, struct
  */
 static inline void fsnotify_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	/* Expected to be called before d_delete() */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(d_is_negative(dentry));
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(d_is_negative(dentry)))
+		return;
 
-	fsnotify_dirent(dir, dentry, FS_DELETE);
+	fsnotify_delete(dir, d_inode(dentry), dentry);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -218,10 +254,10 @@ static inline void fsnotify_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
  */
 static inline void fsnotify_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	/* Expected to be called before d_delete() */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(d_is_negative(dentry));
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(d_is_negative(dentry)))
+		return;
 
-	fsnotify_dirent(dir, dentry, FS_DELETE | FS_ISDIR);
+	fsnotify_delete(dir, d_inode(dentry), dentry);
 }
 
 /*