diff -ruNp a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c	2009-07-20 05:39:19.000000000 +0200
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c	2009-09-05 01:20:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -62,8 +62,15 @@ static ssize_t ecryptfs_read_update_atim
 	if (rc >= 0) {
 		lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(file->f_path.dentry);
 		lower_vfsmount = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_mnt(file->f_path.dentry);
+		if (lower_dentry->d_inode == NULL) {
+			struct inode *l_inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+			if (!l_inode && IS_ERR(l_inode))
+				goto out;
+			d_instantiate(lower_dentry, l_inode);
+		}
 		touch_atime(lower_vfsmount, lower_dentry);
 	}
+out:
 	return rc;
 }