diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 60046ae23d51..c11d87810fba 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -2557,6 +2557,8 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_parallel(struct dentry *parent,
 	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 	new->d_parent = dget_dlock(parent);
 	hlist_add_head(&new->d_sib, &parent->d_children);
+	if (parent->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED)
+		new->d_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
 	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 
 retry: