diff --git a/weed/mount/inode_to_path.go b/weed/mount/inode_to_path.go
index 6650f2380..25e615ed6 100644
--- a/weed/mount/inode_to_path.go
+++ b/weed/mount/inode_to_path.go
@@ -9,19 +9,23 @@ import (
 type InodeToPath struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
 	nextInodeId uint64
-	inode2path  map[uint64]util.FullPath
+	inode2path  map[uint64]*InodeEntry
 	path2inode  map[util.FullPath]uint64
 }
+type InodeEntry struct {
+	util.FullPath
+	nlookup uint64
+}
 
 func NewInodeToPath() *InodeToPath {
 	return &InodeToPath{
-		inode2path:  make(map[uint64]util.FullPath),
+		inode2path:  make(map[uint64]*InodeEntry),
 		path2inode:  make(map[util.FullPath]uint64),
 		nextInodeId: 2, // the root inode id is 1
 	}
 }
 
-func (i *InodeToPath) GetInode(path util.FullPath) uint64 {
+func (i *InodeToPath) Lookup(path util.FullPath) uint64 {
 	if path == "/" {
 		return 1
 	}
@@ -32,7 +36,22 @@ func (i *InodeToPath) GetInode(path util.FullPath) uint64 {
 		inode = i.nextInodeId
 		i.nextInodeId++
 		i.path2inode[path] = inode
-		i.inode2path[inode] = path
+		i.inode2path[inode] = &InodeEntry{path, 1}
+	} else {
+		i.inode2path[inode].nlookup++
+	}
+	return inode
+}
+
+func (i *InodeToPath) GetInode(path util.FullPath) uint64 {
+	if path == "/" {
+		return 1
+	}
+	i.Lock()
+	defer i.Unlock()
+	inode, found := i.path2inode[path]
+	if !found {
+		glog.Fatalf("GetInode unknown inode %d", inode)
 	}
 	return inode
 }
@@ -45,9 +64,9 @@ func (i *InodeToPath) GetPath(inode uint64) util.FullPath {
 	defer i.RUnlock()
 	path, found := i.inode2path[inode]
 	if !found {
-		glog.Fatal("not found inode %d", inode)
+		glog.Fatalf("not found inode %d", inode)
 	}
-	return path
+	return path.FullPath
 }
 
 func (i *InodeToPath) HasPath(path util.FullPath) bool {
@@ -82,15 +101,19 @@ func (i *InodeToPath) RemovePath(path util.FullPath) {
 		delete(i.inode2path, inode)
 	}
 }
-func (i *InodeToPath) RemoveInode(inode uint64) {
+
+func (i *InodeToPath) Forget(inode, nlookup uint64) {
 	if inode == 1 {
 		return
 	}
-	i.RLock()
-	defer i.RUnlock()
+	i.Lock()
+	defer i.Unlock()
 	path, found := i.inode2path[inode]
 	if found {
-		delete(i.path2inode, path)
-		delete(i.inode2path, inode)
+		path.nlookup -= nlookup
+		if path.nlookup <= 0 {
+			delete(i.path2inode, path.FullPath)
+			delete(i.inode2path, inode)
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_dir_lookup.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_dir_lookup.go
index 477cfad0a..733e31908 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_dir_lookup.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_dir_lookup.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) Lookup(cancel <-chan struct{}, header *fuse.InHeader, name strin
 		return fuse.ENOENT
 	}
 
-	inode := wfs.inodeToPath.GetInode(fullFilePath)
+	inode := wfs.inodeToPath.Lookup(fullFilePath)
 
 	wfs.outputFilerEntry(out, inode, localEntry)
 
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_dir_mkrm.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_dir_mkrm.go
index fb854b77e..4efab078f 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_dir_mkrm.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_dir_mkrm.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) Mkdir(cancel <-chan struct{}, in *fuse.MkdirIn, name string, out
 		return fuse.EIO
 	}
 
-	inode := wfs.inodeToPath.GetInode(entryFullPath)
+	inode := wfs.inodeToPath.Lookup(entryFullPath)
 
 	wfs.outputPbEntry(out, inode, newEntry)
 
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_file_mkrm.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_file_mkrm.go
index 82da45179..089cb540d 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_file_mkrm.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_file_mkrm.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) Mknod(cancel <-chan struct{}, in *fuse.MknodIn, name string, out
 		return fuse.EIO
 	}
 
-	inode := wfs.inodeToPath.GetInode(entryFullPath)
+	inode := wfs.inodeToPath.Lookup(entryFullPath)
 
 	wfs.outputPbEntry(out, inode, newEntry)
 
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_forget.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_forget.go
index 2d09a473b..34e0eddc9 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_forget.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_forget.go
@@ -43,10 +43,18 @@ package mount
  * @param ino the inode number
  * @param nlookup the number of lookups to forget
  */
+/*
+
+int fuse_reply_entry	(	fuse_req_t 	req,
+const struct fuse_entry_param * 	e
+)
+Reply with a directory entry
+
+Possible requests: lookup, mknod, mkdir, symlink, link
+
+Side effects: increments the lookup count on success
+
+*/
 func (wfs *WFS) Forget(nodeid, nlookup uint64) {
-	if nlookup == 0 {
-		// need to maintain the inode for selective filtering
-		// and caching for metadata updates
-		wfs.inodeToPath.RemoveInode(nodeid)
-	}
+	wfs.inodeToPath.Forget(nodeid, nlookup)
 }
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_link.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_link.go
index c1d634a94..05710e5a0 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_link.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_link.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) Link(cancel <-chan struct{}, in *fuse.LinkIn, name string, out *
 		return fuse.EIO
 	}
 
-	inode := wfs.inodeToPath.GetInode(newEntryPath)
+	inode := wfs.inodeToPath.Lookup(newEntryPath)
 
 	wfs.outputPbEntry(out, inode, request.Entry)
 
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_symlink.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_symlink.go
index 2c66db7f4..86a7b50e4 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_symlink.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_symlink.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) Symlink(cancel <-chan struct{}, header *fuse.InHeader, target st
 		return fuse.EIO
 	}
 
-	inode := wfs.inodeToPath.GetInode(entryFullPath)
+	inode := wfs.inodeToPath.Lookup(entryFullPath)
 
 	wfs.outputPbEntry(out, inode, request.Entry)