diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_misc.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_misc.c
index 17eb4c21d1..484376d1b6 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_misc.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_misc.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void osi_linux_free_inode_pages(void)
 void osi_clear_inode(struct inode *ip)
 {
     cred_t *credp = crref();
-    struct vcache *vc = ITOAFS(ip);
+    struct vcache *vcp = ITOAFS(ip);
 
 #if defined(AFS_LINUX24_ENV)
     if (atomic_read(&ip->i_count) > 1)
@@ -338,15 +338,15 @@ void osi_clear_inode(struct inode *ip)
 #endif
         printf("afs_put_inode: ino %d (0x%x) has count %d\n", ip->i_ino, ip);
 
-    ObtainWriteLock(&vc->lock, 504);
-    afs_InactiveVCache(vc, credp);
-    ReleaseWriteLock(&vc->lock);
+    afs_InactiveVCache(vcp, credp);
+    ObtainWriteLock(&vcp->lock, 504);
 #if defined(AFS_LINUX24_ENV)
     atomic_set(&ip->i_count, 0);
 #else
     ip->i_count = 0;
 #endif
     ip->i_nlink = 0; /* iput checks this after calling this routine. */
+    ReleaseWriteLock(&vcp->lock);
     crfree(credp);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
index 7879e82bd4..2bb449f9f8 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
@@ -920,10 +920,22 @@ static void afs_dentry_iput(struct dentry *dp, struct inode *ip)
     osi_iput(ip);
 }
 
+static int afs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dp)
+{
+    if (dp->d_inode && (ITOAFS(dp->d_inode)->states & CUnlinked))
+	return 1;               /* bad inode? */
+
+    afs_Trace3(afs_iclSetp, CM_TRACE_DENTRYDELETE, ICL_TYPE_POINTER, 
+	       dp->d_inode, ICL_TYPE_STRING, dp->d_parent->d_name.name,
+	       ICL_TYPE_STRING, dp->d_name.name);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 #if defined(AFS_LINUX24_ENV)
 struct dentry_operations afs_dentry_operations = {
        d_revalidate:   afs_linux_dentry_revalidate,
        d_iput:         afs_dentry_iput,
+       d_delete:       afs_dentry_delete,
 };
 struct dentry_operations *afs_dops = &afs_dentry_operations;
 #else
@@ -1086,7 +1098,6 @@ int afs_linux_unlink(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dp)
     int code;
     cred_t *credp = crref();
     const char *name = dp->d_name.name;
-    int putback = 0;
 
     AFS_GLOCK();
     code = afs_remove(ITOAFS(dip), name, credp);
diff --git a/src/afs/afs_trace.et b/src/afs/afs_trace.et
index 01f779b310..0d1decf076 100644
--- a/src/afs/afs_trace.et
+++ b/src/afs/afs_trace.et
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ error_table 2 ZCM
 	ec	CM_TRACE_DCACHEWAIT, "%s line %d: sleeping or waiting for 0x%x flags 0x%x" 
 	ec	CM_TRACE_VNODEREAD, "UFSRead: tdc 0x%x, offset (0x%x, 0x%x) len (0x%x 0x%x)" 
 	ec	CM_TRACE_SLEEP, "Sleep: evp 0x%x, count %d seq 0x%x evp->seq 0x%x" 
-	ec	CM_TRACE_WAKE, "Wapeup: evp 0x%x, evp->seq 0x%x" 
+	ec	CM_TRACE_WAKE, "Wakeup: evp 0x%x, evp->seq 0x%x"
+        ec      CM_TRACE_DENTRYDELETE, "dentry_delete inode 0x%x d_name %s/%s"
+        ec      CM_TRACE_TRYFLUSHDCACHECHILDREN, "TryFlushDcacheChildren tvc 0x%x"
 end