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diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index a835ceb79ba5..990b72ae3635 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -2763,6 +2763,19 @@ xfs_remove(
error = xfs_droplink(tp, ip);
if (error)
goto out_trans_cancel;
+
+ /*
+ * Point the unlinked child directory's ".." entry to the root
+ * directory to eliminate back-references to inodes that may
+ * get freed before the child directory is closed. If the fs
+ * gets shrunk, this can lead to dirent inode validation errors.
+ */
+ if (dp->i_ino != tp->t_mountp->m_sb.sb_rootino) {
+ error = xfs_dir_replace(tp, ip, &xfs_name_dotdot,
+ tp->t_mountp->m_sb.sb_rootino, 0);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+ }
} else {
/*
* When removing a non-directory we need to log the parent