diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs.go b/weed/mount/weedfs.go
index 9b4953e48..6c50ac04a 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs.go
@@ -583,16 +583,15 @@ func (wfs *WFS) lookupEntry(fullpath util.FullPath) (*filer.Entry, fuse.Status)
 		// our IsDirectoryCached check and FindEntry (e.g. markDirectoryReadThrough).
 		// If it's no longer cached, fall through to the filer lookup below.
 		if wfs.metaCache.IsDirectoryCached(dirPath) {
-			// If the kernel is still tracking this path's inode, the entry
-			// was known to exist recently; a cached-dir miss here suggests
-			// metaCache/parent-cache coherence drift. Log visibly so the
-			// next occurrence shows up in mount.log without -v=4.
-			if _, inodeFound := wfs.inodeToPath.GetInode(fullpath); inodeFound {
-				glog.Warningf("lookupEntry: %s missing from cache while parent %s is cached; inode still tracked (possible coherence bug)", fullpath, dirPath)
-			} else {
+			// Authoritative ENOENT only if inodeToPath also has no record.
+			// If the kernel still tracks this inode, the three layers
+			// disagree; trust the filer over the local cache (the
+			// filer-ErrNotFound branch below logs the confirmed drift).
+			if _, inodeFound := wfs.inodeToPath.GetInode(fullpath); !inodeFound {
 				glog.V(4).Infof("lookupEntry cache miss (dir cached) %s", fullpath)
+				return nil, fuse.ENOENT
 			}
-			return nil, fuse.ENOENT
+			glog.V(2).Infof("lookupEntry: %s missing from cache while parent %s is cached; inode tracked, consulting filer", fullpath, dirPath)
 		}
 	}