diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index 11d7894..3e6798c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (task->tk_status != 0)
-		nfs_cancel_async_unlink(old_dentry);
+	if (data->complete)
+		data->complete(task, data);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@
  */
 static struct rpc_task *
 nfs_async_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct inode *new_dir,
-		 struct dentry *old_dentry, struct dentry *new_dentry)
+		 struct dentry *old_dentry, struct dentry *new_dentry,
+		 void (*complete)(struct rpc_task *, struct nfs_renamedata *))
 {
 	struct nfs_renamedata *data;
 	struct rpc_message msg = { };
@@ -438,6 +439,7 @@
 	data->new_dentry = dget(new_dentry);
 	nfs_fattr_init(&data->old_fattr);
 	nfs_fattr_init(&data->new_fattr);
+	data->complete = complete;
 
 	/* set up nfs_renameargs */
 	data->args.old_dir = NFS_FH(old_dir);
@@ -456,6 +458,17 @@
 	return rpc_run_task(&task_setup_data);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Perform tasks needed when a sillyrename is done such as cancelling the
+ * queued async unlink if it failed.
+ */
+static void
+nfs_complete_sillyrename(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs_renamedata *data)
+{
+	if (task->tk_status != 0)
+		nfs_cancel_async_unlink(data->old_dentry);
+}
+
 #define SILLYNAME_PREFIX ".nfs"
 #define SILLYNAME_PREFIX_LEN ((unsigned)sizeof(SILLYNAME_PREFIX) - 1)
 #define SILLYNAME_FILEID_LEN ((unsigned)sizeof(u64) << 1)
@@ -548,7 +561,8 @@
 	}
 
 	/* run the rename task, undo unlink if it fails */
-	task = nfs_async_rename(dir, dir, dentry, sdentry);
+	task = nfs_async_rename(dir, dir, dentry, sdentry,
+					nfs_complete_sillyrename);
 	if (IS_ERR(task)) {
 		error = -EBUSY;
 		nfs_cancel_async_unlink(dentry);