diff --git a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
index 57c4903614e5..d6603d02304c 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ struct autofs_wait_queue {
 	struct autofs_wait_queue *next;
 	autofs_wqt_t wait_queue_token;
 	/* We use the following to see what we are waiting for */
-	int hash;
-	int len;
+	unsigned int hash;
+	unsigned int len;
 	char *name;
 	u32 dev;
 	u64 ino;
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ struct autofs_wait_queue {
 	pid_t tgid;
 	/* This is for status reporting upon return */
 	int status;
-	atomic_t notify;
 	atomic_t wait_ctr;
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 84e030c8ddd0..5100f984783f 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
 static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
+	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
 	int oz_mode = autofs4_oz_mode(sbi);
 	unsigned int lookup_type;
 	int status;
@@ -340,13 +341,8 @@ static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	if (oz_mode || !lookup_type)
 		goto done;
 
-	/*
-	 * If a request is pending wait for it.
-	 * If it's a mount then it won't be expired till at least
-	 * a liitle later and if it's an expire then we might need
-	 * to mount it again.
-	 */
-	if (autofs4_ispending(dentry)) {
+	/* If an expire request is pending wait for it. */
+	if (ino && (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING)) {
 		DPRINTK("waiting for active request %p name=%.*s",
 			dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index 142ab6aa2aa1..ce103e7b0bc3 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -189,14 +189,30 @@ static int autofs4_getpath(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 	return len;
 }
 
+static struct autofs_wait_queue *
+autofs4_find_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+		  char *name, unsigned int hash, unsigned int len)
+{
+	struct autofs_wait_queue *wq;
+
+	for (wq = sbi->queues; wq; wq = wq->next) {
+		if (wq->hash == hash &&
+		    wq->len == len &&
+		    wq->name && !memcmp(wq->name, name, len))
+			break;
+	}
+	return wq;
+}
+
 int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
 		enum autofs_notify notify)
 {
+	struct autofs_info *ino;
 	struct autofs_wait_queue *wq;
 	char *name;
 	unsigned int len = 0;
 	unsigned int hash = 0;
-	int status;
+	int status, type;
 
 	/* In catatonic mode, we don't wait for nobody */
 	if (sbi->catatonic)
@@ -223,21 +239,41 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
 		return -EINTR;
 	}
 
-	for (wq = sbi->queues ; wq ; wq = wq->next) {
-		if (wq->hash == dentry->d_name.hash &&
-		    wq->len == len &&
-		    wq->name && !memcmp(wq->name, name, len))
-			break;
+	wq = autofs4_find_wait(sbi, name, hash, len);
+	ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
+	if (!wq && ino && notify == NFY_NONE) {
+		/*
+		 * Either we've betean the pending expire to post it's
+		 * wait or it finished while we waited on the mutex.
+		 * So we need to wait till either, the wait appears
+		 * or the expire finishes.
+		 */
+
+		while (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING) {
+			mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
+			schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ/10);
+			if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&sbi->wq_mutex)) {
+				kfree(name);
+				return -EINTR;
+			}
+			wq = autofs4_find_wait(sbi, name, hash, len);
+			if (wq)
+				break;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Not ideal but the status has already gone. Of the two
+		 * cases where we wait on NFY_NONE neither depend on the
+		 * return status of the wait.
+		 */
+		if (!wq) {
+			kfree(name);
+			mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!wq) {
-		/* Can't wait for an expire if there's no mount */
-		if (notify == NFY_NONE && !d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
-			kfree(name);
-			mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
-			return -ENOENT;
-		}
-
 		/* Create a new wait queue */
 		wq = kmalloc(sizeof(struct autofs_wait_queue),GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!wq) {
@@ -263,20 +299,7 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
 		wq->tgid = current->tgid;
 		wq->status = -EINTR; /* Status return if interrupted */
 		atomic_set(&wq->wait_ctr, 2);
-		atomic_set(&wq->notify, 1);
 		mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
-	} else {
-		atomic_inc(&wq->wait_ctr);
-		mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
-		kfree(name);
-		DPRINTK("existing wait id = 0x%08lx, name = %.*s, nfy=%d",
-			(unsigned long) wq->wait_queue_token, wq->len, wq->name, notify);
-	}
-
-	if (notify != NFY_NONE && atomic_read(&wq->notify)) {
-		int type;
-
-		atomic_dec(&wq->notify);
 
 		if (sbi->version < 5) {
 			if (notify == NFY_MOUNT)
@@ -299,6 +322,12 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 		/* autofs4_notify_daemon() may block */
 		autofs4_notify_daemon(sbi, wq, type);
+	} else {
+		atomic_inc(&wq->wait_ctr);
+		mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
+		kfree(name);
+		DPRINTK("existing wait id = 0x%08lx, name = %.*s, nfy=%d",
+			(unsigned long) wq->wait_queue_token, wq->len, wq->name, notify);
 	}
 
 	/* wq->name is NULL if and only if the lock is already released */