diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 126d31472a99..73bd62979fe7 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ static int __rpc_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	dget(dentry);
 	ret = simple_rmdir(dir, dentry);
+	if (!ret)
+		fsnotify_rmdir(dir, dentry);
 	d_delete(dentry);
 	dput(dentry);
 	return ret;
@@ -609,6 +611,8 @@ static int __rpc_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	dget(dentry);
 	ret = simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
+	if (!ret)
+		fsnotify_unlink(dir, dentry);
 	d_delete(dentry);
 	dput(dentry);
 	return ret;