diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 213206ebdd58..3bfbc166d1fe 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -416,6 +416,9 @@ static struct buffer_head *ocfs2_find_entry_id(const char *name,
 	if (found == 1)
 		return di_bh;
 
+	/* Cached by ocfs2_read_blocks() so remove it. */
+	ocfs2_remove_from_cache(INODE_CACHE(dir), di_bh);
+
 	brelse(di_bh);
 out:
 	return NULL;