diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index cc12772d0a4db0048d40e2b14e54f36e10e96a44..497f979018c2f5f38ee5d69c6a9f999acfa6a1e5 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -803,7 +803,12 @@ static struct inode *afs_do_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			continue;
 
 		if (cookie->inodes[i]) {
-			afs_vnode_commit_status(&fc, AFS_FS_I(cookie->inodes[i]),
+			struct afs_vnode *iv = AFS_FS_I(cookie->inodes[i]);
+
+			if (test_bit(AFS_VNODE_UNSET, &iv->flags))
+				continue;
+
+			afs_vnode_commit_status(&fc, iv,
 						scb->cb_break, NULL, scb);
 			continue;
 		}