diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index ff8d5bf4354f..23c7f395d718 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -895,20 +895,38 @@ static int afs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
  * However, if we didn't have a callback promise outstanding, or it was
  * outstanding on a different server, then it won't break it either...
  */
-static int afs_dir_remove_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct key *key)
+static int afs_dir_remove_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct key *key,
+			       unsigned long d_version_before,
+			       unsigned long d_version_after)
 {
+	bool dir_valid;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	/* There were no intervening changes on the server if the version
+	 * number we got back was incremented by exactly 1.
+	 */
+	dir_valid = (d_version_after == d_version_before + 1);
+
 	if (d_really_is_positive(dentry)) {
 		struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(d_inode(dentry));
 
-		if (test_bit(AFS_VNODE_DELETED, &vnode->flags))
-			kdebug("AFS_VNODE_DELETED");
-		clear_bit(AFS_VNODE_CB_PROMISED, &vnode->flags);
-
-		ret = afs_validate(vnode, key);
-		if (ret == -ESTALE)
+		if (dir_valid) {
+			drop_nlink(&vnode->vfs_inode);
+			if (vnode->vfs_inode.i_nlink == 0) {
+				set_bit(AFS_VNODE_DELETED, &vnode->flags);
+				clear_bit(AFS_VNODE_CB_PROMISED, &vnode->flags);
+			}
 			ret = 0;
+		} else {
+			clear_bit(AFS_VNODE_CB_PROMISED, &vnode->flags);
+
+			if (test_bit(AFS_VNODE_DELETED, &vnode->flags))
+				kdebug("AFS_VNODE_DELETED");
+
+			ret = afs_validate(vnode, key);
+			if (ret == -ESTALE)
+				ret = 0;
+		}
 		_debug("nlink %d [val %d]", vnode->vfs_inode.i_nlink, ret);
 	}
 
@@ -923,6 +941,7 @@ static int afs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct afs_fs_cursor fc;
 	struct afs_vnode *dvnode = AFS_FS_I(dir), *vnode;
 	struct key *key;
+	unsigned long d_version = (unsigned long)dentry->d_fsdata;
 	int ret;
 
 	_enter("{%x:%u},{%pd}",
@@ -955,7 +974,9 @@ static int afs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		afs_vnode_commit_status(&fc, dvnode, fc.cb_break);
 		ret = afs_end_vnode_operation(&fc);
 		if (ret == 0)
-			ret = afs_dir_remove_link(dentry, key);
+			ret = afs_dir_remove_link(
+				dentry, key, d_version,
+				(unsigned long)dvnode->status.data_version);
 	}
 
 error_key:
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index 3415eb7484f6..1e81864ef0b2 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ int afs_validate(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct key *key)
 	}
 
 	read_sequnlock_excl(&vnode->cb_lock);
+
+	if (test_bit(AFS_VNODE_DELETED, &vnode->flags))
+		clear_nlink(&vnode->vfs_inode);
+
 	if (valid)
 		goto valid;
 
diff --git a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
index ea1460b9b71a..e1126659f043 100644
--- a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ int afs_extract_data(struct afs_call *call, void *buf, size_t count,
 {
 	struct afs_net *net = call->net;
 	enum afs_call_state state;
-	u32 remote_abort;
+	u32 remote_abort = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	_enter("{%s,%zu},,%zu,%d",
diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index cb5f8a3df577..9370e2feb999 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ int afs_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			ret = afs_fill_page(vnode, key, pos + copied,
 					    len - copied, page);
 			if (ret < 0)
-				return ret;
+				goto out;
 		}
 		SetPageUptodate(page);
 	}
@@ -206,10 +206,12 @@ int afs_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	set_page_dirty(page);
 	if (PageDirty(page))
 		_debug("dirtied");
+	ret = copied;
+
+out:
 	unlock_page(page);
 	put_page(page);
-
-	return copied;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/fscache.h b/include/linux/fscache.h
index f4ff47d4a893..fe0c349684fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscache.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscache.h
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ bool fscache_maybe_release_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 {
 	if (fscache_cookie_valid(cookie) && PageFsCache(page))
 		return __fscache_maybe_release_page(cookie, page, gfp);
-	return false;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /**