diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 49121e5a8de2..5c36ceecb5c1 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -593,11 +593,16 @@ ecryptfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	lower_new_dir_dentry = dget_parent(lower_new_dentry);
 	target_inode = d_inode(new_dentry);
 	trap = lock_rename(lower_old_dir_dentry, lower_new_dir_dentry);
-	/* source should not be ancestor of target */
-	if (trap == lower_old_dentry) {
-		rc = -EINVAL;
+	rc = -EINVAL;
+	if (lower_old_dentry->d_parent != lower_old_dir_dentry)
+		goto out_lock;
+	if (lower_new_dentry->d_parent != lower_new_dir_dentry)
+		goto out_lock;
+	if (d_unhashed(lower_old_dentry) || d_unhashed(lower_new_dentry))
+		goto out_lock;
+	/* source should not be ancestor of target */
+	if (trap == lower_old_dentry)
 		goto out_lock;
-	}
 	/* target should not be ancestor of source */
 	if (trap == lower_new_dentry) {
 		rc = -ENOTEMPTY;