diff --git a/src/afs/afs_disconnected.c b/src/afs/afs_disconnected.c
index 46a665c9d1..ff5e978aa9 100644
--- a/src/afs/afs_disconnected.c
+++ b/src/afs/afs_disconnected.c
@@ -1312,13 +1312,11 @@ afs_DisconDiscardAllShadows(int squash, afs_ucred_t *acred)
 	ReleaseWriteLock(&afs_disconDirtyLock);
 	ObtainWriteLock(&tvc->lock, 706);
 
-	afs_DeleteShadowDir(tvc);
-	tvc->f.shadow.vnode = 0;
-	tvc->f.shadow.unique = 0;
-
 	if (squash)
 	   afs_ResetVCache(tvc, acred);
 
+	afs_DeleteShadowDir(tvc);
+
 	ReleaseWriteLock(&tvc->lock);
 	ObtainWriteLock(&afs_disconDirtyLock, 709);
     }				/* while (tvc) */