diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index b42d5cc..0d38c09 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -477,6 +477,40 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Try to auto mount the mountpoint with pseudo directory, if the autocell
+ * operation is setted.
+ */
+static struct inode *afs_try_auto_mntpt(
+	int ret, struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *dir, struct key *key,
+	struct afs_fid *fid)
+{
+	const char *devname = dentry->d_name.name;
+	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(dir);
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	_enter("%d, %p{%s}, {%x:%u}, %p",
+	       ret, dentry, devname, vnode->fid.vid, vnode->fid.vnode, key);
+
+	if (ret != -ENOENT ||
+	    !test_bit(AFS_VNODE_AUTOCELL, &vnode->flags))
+		goto out;
+
+	inode = afs_iget_autocell(dir, devname, strlen(devname), key);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	*fid = AFS_FS_I(inode)->fid;
+	_leave("= %p", inode);
+	return inode;
+
+out:
+	_leave("= %d", ret);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+
+/*
  * look up an entry in a directory
  */
 static struct dentry *afs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
@@ -520,6 +554,13 @@
 
 	ret = afs_do_lookup(dir, dentry, &fid, key);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		inode = afs_try_auto_mntpt(ret, dentry, dir, key, &fid);
+		if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
+			key_put(key);
+			goto success;
+		}
+
+		ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		key_put(key);
 		if (ret == -ENOENT) {
 			d_add(dentry, NULL);
@@ -539,6 +580,7 @@
 		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	}
 
+success:
 	dentry->d_op = &afs_fs_dentry_operations;
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
@@ -696,8 +738,9 @@
 		goto zap;
 
 	if (dentry->d_inode &&
-	    test_bit(AFS_VNODE_DELETED, &AFS_FS_I(dentry->d_inode)->flags))
-			goto zap;
+	    (test_bit(AFS_VNODE_DELETED,   &AFS_FS_I(dentry->d_inode)->flags) ||
+	     test_bit(AFS_VNODE_PSEUDODIR, &AFS_FS_I(dentry->d_inode)->flags)))
+		goto zap;
 
 	_leave(" = 0 [keep]");
 	return 0;