diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.c b/fs/9p/fid.c
index 3d681a2c2731..3304984c0fad 100644
--- a/fs/9p/fid.c
+++ b/fs/9p/fid.c
@@ -38,6 +38,33 @@ void v9fs_fid_add(struct dentry *dentry, struct p9_fid *fid)
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * v9fs_fid_find_inode - search for a fid off of the client list
+ * @inode: return a fid pointing to a specific inode
+ * @uid: return a fid belonging to the specified user
+ *
+ */
+
+static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_find_inode(struct inode *inode, kuid_t uid)
+{
+	struct p9_client *clnt = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode)->clnt;
+	struct p9_fid *fid, *fidptr, *ret = NULL;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " inode: %p\n", inode);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&clnt->lock, flags);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(fid, fidptr, &clnt->fidlist, flist) {
+		if (uid_eq(fid->uid, uid) &&
+		   (inode->i_ino == v9fs_qid2ino(&fid->qid))) {
+			ret = fid;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&clnt->lock, flags);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * v9fs_fid_find - retrieve a fid that belongs to the specified uid
  * @dentry: dentry to look for fid in
@@ -65,6 +92,9 @@ static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_find(struct dentry *dentry, kuid_t uid, int any)
 			}
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	} else {
+		if (dentry->d_inode)
+			ret = v9fs_fid_find_inode(dentry->d_inode, uid);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index ae0c38ad1fcb..31c2fddabb82 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -570,6 +570,10 @@ static int v9fs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
 
 		v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(inode);
 		v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
+
+		/* invalidate all fids associated with dentry */
+		/* NOTE: This will not include open fids */
+		dentry->d_op->d_release(dentry);
 	}
 	return retval;
 }
diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index 09f1ec589b80..1a3f72bf45fc 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ struct p9_fid *p9_client_walk(struct p9_fid *oldfid, uint16_t nwname,
 	if (nwname)
 		memmove(&fid->qid, &wqids[nwqids - 1], sizeof(struct p9_qid));
 	else
-		fid->qid = oldfid->qid;
+		memmove(&fid->qid, &oldfid->qid, sizeof(struct p9_qid));
 
 	kfree(wqids);
 	return fid;
@@ -1272,6 +1272,7 @@ int p9_client_open(struct p9_fid *fid, int mode)
 		p9_is_proto_dotl(clnt) ? "RLOPEN" : "ROPEN",  qid.type,
 		(unsigned long long)qid.path, qid.version, iounit);
 
+	memmove(&fid->qid, &qid, sizeof(struct p9_qid));
 	fid->mode = mode;
 	fid->iounit = iounit;
 
@@ -1317,6 +1318,7 @@ int p9_client_create_dotl(struct p9_fid *ofid, const char *name, u32 flags, u32
 			(unsigned long long)qid->path,
 			qid->version, iounit);
 
+	memmove(&ofid->qid, qid, sizeof(struct p9_qid));
 	ofid->mode = mode;
 	ofid->iounit = iounit;
 
@@ -1362,6 +1364,7 @@ int p9_client_fcreate(struct p9_fid *fid, const char *name, u32 perm, int mode,
 				(unsigned long long)qid.path,
 				qid.version, iounit);
 
+	memmove(&fid->qid, &qid, sizeof(struct p9_qid));
 	fid->mode = mode;
 	fid->iounit = iounit;