diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.4.22-03-soft2/fs/nfs/dir.c linux-2.4.22-04-fix_unlink/fs/nfs/dir.c
--- linux-2.4.22-03-soft2/fs/nfs/dir.c	2002-10-15 06:59:27.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.22-04-fix_unlink/fs/nfs/dir.c	2003-07-03 12:29:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@
 	struct inode *old_inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct inode *new_inode = new_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct dentry *dentry = NULL, *rehash = NULL;
-	int error = -EBUSY;
+	int error;
 
 	/*
 	 * To prevent any new references to the target during the rename,
@@ -1020,6 +1020,12 @@
 	 */
 	if (!new_inode)
 		goto go_ahead;
+	/* If target is a hard link to the source, then noop */
+	error = 0;
+	if (NFS_FILEID(new_inode) == NFS_FILEID(old_inode))
+		goto out;
+
+	error = -EBUSY;
 	if (S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
 		goto out;
 	else if (atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count) > 1) {
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.4.22-03-soft2/fs/nfs/unlink.c linux-2.4.22-04-fix_unlink/fs/nfs/unlink.c
--- linux-2.4.22-03-soft2/fs/nfs/unlink.c	2002-08-11 13:34:02.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.22-04-fix_unlink/fs/nfs/unlink.c	2003-07-03 12:29:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/sched.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/clnt.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
 
 
 struct nfs_unlinkdata {
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@
 	struct rpc_task	task;
 	struct rpc_cred	*cred;
 	unsigned int	count;
+
+	wait_queue_head_t waitq;
+	int completed;
 };
 
 static struct nfs_unlinkdata	*nfs_deletes;
@@ -133,6 +137,8 @@
 	put_rpccred(data->cred);
 	data->cred = NULL;
 	dput(dir);
+	data->completed = 1;
+	wake_up(&data->waitq);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -175,6 +181,8 @@
 	nfs_deletes = data;
 	data->count = 1;
 
+	init_waitqueue_head(&data->waitq);
+
 	task = &data->task;
 	rpc_init_task(task, clnt, nfs_async_unlink_done , RPC_TASK_ASYNC);
 	task->tk_calldata = data;
@@ -212,7 +220,10 @@
 	data->count++;
 	nfs_copy_dname(dentry, data);
 	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED;
-	if (data->task.tk_rpcwait == &nfs_delete_queue)
+	if (data->task.tk_rpcwait == &nfs_delete_queue) {
+		struct rpc_clnt *clnt = data->task.tk_client;
 		rpc_wake_up_task(&data->task);
+		nfs_wait_event(clnt, data->waitq, data->completed == 1);
+	}
 	nfs_put_unlinkdata(data);
 }