diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index 382ba62..71cc5e4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ extern u64 cifs_UnixTimeToNT(struct timespec);
 extern __le64 cnvrtDosCifsTm(__u16 date, __u16 time);
 extern struct timespec cnvrtDosUnixTm(__u16 date, __u16 time);
 
+extern struct inode *cifs_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long inum);
 extern int cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **pinode,
 			const unsigned char *search_path,
 			FILE_ALL_INFO *pfile_info,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index bcf7b51..4987c50 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -199,6 +199,47 @@ static void fill_fake_finddataunix(FILE_UNIX_BASIC_INFO *pfnd_dat,
 	pfnd_dat->Gid = cpu_to_le64(pinode->i_gid);
 }
 
+/**
+ * cifs_new inode - create new inode, initialize, and hash it
+ * @sb - pointer to superblock
+ * @inum - replace i_ino with this if using serverino
+ *
+ * Create a new inode, initialize it for CIFS and hash it. Returns the new
+ * inode or NULL if one couldn't be allocated.
+ *
+ * If the share isn't mounted with "serverino" then we'll just use the inode
+ * number assigned by new_inode(). Note that this can mean i_ino collisions
+ * since the i_ino assigned by new_inode is not guaranteed to be unique.
+ */
+struct inode *
+cifs_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long inum)
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	inode = new_inode(sb);
+	if (inode == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * BB: Is i_ino == 0 legal? Are there sanity checks we can use to
+	 *     ensure that the server is really filling in that field? Also,
+	 *     if serverino is disabled, perhaps we should be using iunique()?
+	 */
+	if (CIFS_SB(sb)->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM)
+		inode->i_ino = inum;
+
+	/*
+	 * must set this here instead of cifs_alloc_inode since VFS will
+	 * clobber i_flags
+	 */
+	if (sb->s_flags & MS_NOATIME)
+		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
+
+	insert_inode_hash(inode);
+
+	return inode;
+}
+
 int cifs_get_inode_info_unix(struct inode **pinode,
 	const unsigned char *full_path, struct super_block *sb, int xid)
 {
@@ -233,22 +274,11 @@ int cifs_get_inode_info_unix(struct inode **pinode,
 
 	/* get new inode */
 	if (*pinode == NULL) {
-		*pinode = new_inode(sb);
+		*pinode = cifs_new_inode(sb, (unsigned long)find_data.UniqueId);
 		if (*pinode == NULL) {
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			goto cgiiu_exit;
 		}
-		/* Is an i_ino of zero legal? */
-		/* note ino incremented to unique num in new_inode */
-		/* Are there sanity checks we can use to ensure that
-		   the server is really filling in that field? */
-		if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM)
-			(*pinode)->i_ino = (unsigned long)find_data.UniqueId;
-
-		if (sb->s_flags & MS_NOATIME)
-			(*pinode)->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
-
-		insert_inode_hash(*pinode);
 	}
 
 	inode = *pinode;
@@ -465,11 +495,8 @@ int cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **pinode,
 
 	/* get new inode */
 	if (*pinode == NULL) {
-		*pinode = new_inode(sb);
-		if (*pinode == NULL) {
-			rc = -ENOMEM;
-			goto cgii_exit;
-		}
+		__u64 inode_num;
+
 		/* Is an i_ino of zero legal? Can we use that to check
 		   if the server supports returning inode numbers?  Are
 		   there other sanity checks we can use to ensure that
@@ -486,7 +513,6 @@ int cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **pinode,
 
 		if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM) {
 			int rc1 = 0;
-			__u64 inode_num;
 
 			rc1 = CIFSGetSrvInodeNumber(xid, pTcon,
 					full_path, &inode_num,
@@ -496,12 +522,14 @@ int cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **pinode,
 			if (rc1) {
 				cFYI(1, ("GetSrvInodeNum rc %d", rc1));
 				/* BB EOPNOSUPP disable SERVER_INUM? */
-			} else /* do we need cast or hash to ino? */
-				(*pinode)->i_ino = inode_num;
-		} /* else ino incremented to unique num in new_inode*/
-		if (sb->s_flags & MS_NOATIME)
-			(*pinode)->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
-		insert_inode_hash(*pinode);
+			}
+		} /* else use i_ino assigned by new_inode */
+
+		*pinode = cifs_new_inode(sb, inode_num);
+		if (*pinode == NULL) {
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			goto cgii_exit;
+		}
 	}
 	inode = *pinode;
 	cifsInfo = CIFS_I(inode);
@@ -1114,24 +1142,14 @@ int cifs_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, int mode)
 			else
 				direntry->d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
 
-			newinode = new_inode(inode->i_sb);
+			newinode = cifs_new_inode(inode->i_sb, (unsigned long)
+							pInfo->UniqueId);
 			if (newinode == NULL) {
 				kfree(pInfo);
 				goto mkdir_get_info;
 			}
 
-			/* Is an i_ino of zero legal? */
-			/* Are there sanity checks we can use to ensure that
-			   the server is really filling in that field? */
-			if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM) {
-				newinode->i_ino =
-					(unsigned long)pInfo->UniqueId;
-			} /* note ino incremented to unique num in new_inode */
-			if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_NOATIME)
-				newinode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
 			newinode->i_nlink = 2;
-
-			insert_inode_hash(newinode);
 			d_instantiate(direntry, newinode);
 
 			/* we already checked in POSIXCreate whether
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index 9f51f9b..92f37f3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -56,35 +56,34 @@ static inline void dump_cifs_file_struct(struct file *file, char *label)
 }
 #endif /* DEBUG2 */
 
-/* Returns one if new inode created (which therefore needs to be hashed) */
+/* Returns 1 if new inode created, 2 if both dentry and inode were */
 /* Might check in the future if inode number changed so we can rehash inode */
-static int construct_dentry(struct qstr *qstring, struct file *file,
-	struct inode **ptmp_inode, struct dentry **pnew_dentry)
+static int
+construct_dentry(struct qstr *qstring, struct file *file,
+		 struct inode **ptmp_inode, struct dentry **pnew_dentry,
+		 unsigned long inum)
 {
-	struct dentry *tmp_dentry;
-	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
-	struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon;
+	struct dentry *tmp_dentry = NULL;
+	struct super_block *sb = file->f_path.dentry->d_sb;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	cFYI(1, ("For %s", qstring->name));
-	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
-	pTcon = cifs_sb->tcon;
 
 	qstring->hash = full_name_hash(qstring->name, qstring->len);
 	tmp_dentry = d_lookup(file->f_path.dentry, qstring);
 	if (tmp_dentry) {
+		/* BB: overwrite old name? i.e. tmp_dentry->d_name and
+		 * tmp_dentry->d_name.len??
+		 */
 		cFYI(0, ("existing dentry with inode 0x%p",
 			 tmp_dentry->d_inode));
 		*ptmp_inode = tmp_dentry->d_inode;
-/* BB overwrite old name? i.e. tmp_dentry->d_name and tmp_dentry->d_name.len??*/
 		if (*ptmp_inode == NULL) {
-			*ptmp_inode = new_inode(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
+			*ptmp_inode = cifs_new_inode(sb, inum);
 			if (*ptmp_inode == NULL)
 				return rc;
 			rc = 1;
 		}
-		if (file->f_path.dentry->d_sb->s_flags & MS_NOATIME)
-			(*ptmp_inode)->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
 	} else {
 		tmp_dentry = d_alloc(file->f_path.dentry, qstring);
 		if (tmp_dentry == NULL) {
@@ -93,15 +92,14 @@ static int construct_dentry(struct qstr *qstring, struct file *file,
 			return rc;
 		}
 
-		*ptmp_inode = new_inode(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
-		if (pTcon->nocase)
+		if (CIFS_SB(sb)->tcon->nocase)
 			tmp_dentry->d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
 		else
 			tmp_dentry->d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
+
+		*ptmp_inode = cifs_new_inode(sb, inum);
 		if (*ptmp_inode == NULL)
 			return rc;
-		if (file->f_path.dentry->d_sb->s_flags & MS_NOATIME)
-			(*ptmp_inode)->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
 		rc = 2;
 	}
 
@@ -940,20 +938,10 @@ static int cifs_filldir(char *pfindEntry, struct file *file,
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	rc = construct_dentry(&qstring, file, &tmp_inode, &tmp_dentry);
+	rc = construct_dentry(&qstring, file, &tmp_inode, &tmp_dentry, inum);
 	if ((tmp_inode == NULL) || (tmp_dentry == NULL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (rc) {
-		/* inode created, we need to hash it with right inode number */
-		if (inum != 0) {
-			/* BB fixme - hash the 2 32 quantities bits together if
-			 *  necessary BB */
-			tmp_inode->i_ino = inum;
-		}
-		insert_inode_hash(tmp_inode);
-	}
-
 	/* we pass in rc below, indicating whether it is a new inode,
 	   so we can figure out whether to invalidate the inode cached
 	   data if the file has changed */
