diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index e3e646b06404..81c287d105d5 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -1033,8 +1033,11 @@ static int ncp_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	DPRINTK("ncp_rmdir: removing %s/%s\n",
 		dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
 
+	/*
+	 * fail with EBUSY if there are still references to this
+	 * directory.
+	 */
 	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	error = -EBUSY;
 	if (!d_unhashed(dentry))
 		goto out;