diff --git a/src/api/pseudo_fs.rs b/src/api/pseudo_fs.rs
index fc66c8301..d331c3dd1 100644
--- a/src/api/pseudo_fs.rs
+++ b/src/api/pseudo_fs.rs
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ impl PseudoFs {
         self.inodes.store(Arc::new(hashmap));
     }
 
+    pub fn get_parent_inode(&self, ino: u64) -> Option<u64> {
+        let _guard = self.lock.lock();
+        let inodes = self.inodes.load();
+        inodes.get(&ino).map(|o| o.parent)
+    }
+
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub fn evict_inode(&self, ino: u64) {
         let _guard = self.lock.lock();
diff --git a/src/api/server/sync_io.rs b/src/api/server/sync_io.rs
index 97b5c42fb..1d0433cb4 100644
--- a/src/api/server/sync_io.rs
+++ b/src/api/server/sync_io.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,44 @@ use crate::abi::virtio_fs::{RemovemappingIn, RemovemappingOne, SetupmappingIn};
 use crate::api::filesystem::{
     DirEntry, Entry, FileSystem, GetxattrReply, IoctlData, ListxattrReply,
 };
+#[cfg(feature = "fusedev")]
+use crate::transport::FuseDevWriter;
 use crate::transport::{pagesize, FsCacheReqHandler, Reader, Writer};
 use crate::{bytes_to_cstr, encode_io_error_kind, BitmapSlice, Error, Result};
 
 impl<F: FileSystem + Sync> Server<F> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "fusedev")]
+    /// Use to send notify msg to kernel fuse
+    pub fn notify_inval_entry<S: BitmapSlice>(
+        &self,
+        mut w: FuseDevWriter<'_, S>,
+        parent: u64,
+        name: &std::ffi::CStr,
+    ) -> Result<usize> {
+        let mut buffer_writer = w.split_at(0).map_err(Error::FailedToSplitWriter)?;
+        let mut entry = NotifyInvalEntryOut::default();
+        let mut header = OutHeader::default();
+        let name_with_null = name.to_bytes_with_nul();
+        header.unique = 0;
+        header.error = NotifyOpcode::InvalEntry as i32;
+        header.len = std::mem::size_of::<OutHeader>() as u32
+            + std::mem::size_of::<NotifyInvalEntryOut>() as u32
+            + name_with_null.len() as u32;
+        // the namelne don't contains the nul
+        entry.namelen = (name_with_null.len() - 1) as u32;
+        entry.parent = parent;
+
+        buffer_writer
+            .write_obj(header)
+            .map_err(Error::FailedToWrite)?;
+        buffer_writer
+            .write_obj(entry)
+            .map_err(Error::FailedToWrite)?;
+        buffer_writer
+            .write(name_with_null)
+            .map_err(Error::FailedToWrite)?;
+        buffer_writer.commit(None).map_err(Error::InvalidMessage)
+    }
     /// Main entrance to handle requests from the transport layer.
     ///
     /// It receives Fuse requests from transport layers, parses the request according to Fuse ABI,
diff --git a/src/api/vfs/mod.rs b/src/api/vfs/mod.rs
index 9bec9557f..72dfcf250 100644
--- a/src/api/vfs/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/vfs/mod.rs
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ pub struct Vfs {
     opts: ArcSwap<VfsOptions>,
     initialized: AtomicBool,
     lock: Mutex<()>,
+    remove_pseudo_root: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for Vfs {
@@ -311,9 +312,15 @@ impl Vfs {
             opts: ArcSwap::new(Arc::new(opts)),
             lock: Mutex::new(()),
             initialized: AtomicBool::new(false),
+            remove_pseudo_root: false,
         }
     }
 
+    /// mark remove pseudo root inode when umount
+    pub fn set_remove_pseudo_root(&mut self) {
+        self.remove_pseudo_root = true;
+    }
+
     /// For sake of live-upgrade, only after negotiation is done, it's safe to persist
     /// state of vfs.
     pub fn initialized(&self) -> bool {
@@ -388,7 +395,7 @@ impl Vfs {
     }
 
     /// Umount a backend file system at path
-    pub fn umount(&self, path: &str) -> VfsResult<()> {
+    pub fn umount(&self, path: &str) -> VfsResult<(u64, u64)> {
         // Serialize mount operations. Do not expect poisoned lock here.
         let _guard = self.lock.lock().unwrap();
         let inode = self
@@ -396,7 +403,13 @@ impl Vfs {
             .path_walk(path)
             .map_err(VfsError::PathWalk)?
             .ok_or_else(|| VfsError::NotFound(path.to_string()))?;
-
+        let parent = self
+            .root
+            .get_parent_inode(inode)
+            .ok_or(VfsError::NotFound(format!(
+                "{}'s parent inode does not exist",
+                inode
+            )))?;
         let mut mountpoints = self.mountpoints.load().deref().deref().clone();
         let fs_idx = mountpoints
             .get(&inode)
@@ -406,7 +419,14 @@ impl Vfs {
                 // 1. they can be reused later on
                 // 2. during live upgrade, it is easier reconstruct pseudofs inodes since
                 //    we do not have to track pseudofs deletions
-                //self.root.evict_inode(inode);
+                // In order to make the hot upgrade of virtiofs easy, VFS will save pseudo
+                // inodes when umount for easy recovery. However, in the fuse scenario, if
+                // umount does not remove the pseudo inode, it will cause an invalid
+                // directory to be seen on the host, which is not friendly to users. So add
+                // this option to control this behavior.
+                if self.remove_pseudo_root {
+                    self.root.evict_inode(inode);
+                }
                 mountpoints.remove(&inode);
                 self.mountpoints.store(Arc::new(mountpoints));
                 x.fs_idx
@@ -423,7 +443,7 @@ impl Vfs {
         }
         self.superblocks.store(Arc::new(superblocks));
 
-        Ok(())
+        Ok((inode, parent))
     }
 
     /// Get the mounted backend file system alongside the path if there's one.
diff --git a/src/api/vfs/sync_io.rs b/src/api/vfs/sync_io.rs
index 7bf175651..cd36a4dd5 100644
--- a/src/api/vfs/sync_io.rs
+++ b/src/api/vfs/sync_io.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,15 @@ impl FileSystem for Vfs {
                 (Right(fs), idata) => fs.forget(ctx, idata.ino(), count),
             },
             Err(e) => {
-                error!("vfs::forget: failed to get_real_rootfs {:?}", e);
+                // When a directory is umount and invalidate entry, a forget request is triggered,
+                // which cannot be forwarded to the backend file system.
+                // this situation is reasonable, so it is changed to warn here
+                warn!(
+                    "vfs::forget: failed to get_real_rootfs {:?}, inode: {:?}, 
+                       maybe it is possible that the vfs submount was dropped by umount, 
+                       which is reasonable.",
+                    e, inode
+                );
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0e8058c17..2eaaa9ffd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ pub enum Error {
     InvalidXattrSize((u32, usize)),
     /// Invalid message that the server cannot handle properly.
     InvalidMessage(io::Error),
+    /// Failed to write buffer to writer.
+    FailedToWrite(io::Error),
+    /// Failed to split a writer.
+    FailedToSplitWriter(transport::Error),
 }
 
 impl error::Error for Error {}
@@ -95,6 +99,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
                  decoded value: size = {size}, value.len() = {len}"
             ),
             InvalidMessage(err) => write!(f, "cannot process fuse message: {err}"),
+            FailedToWrite(err) => write!(f, "cannot write to buffer: {err}"),
+            FailedToSplitWriter(err) => write!(f, "cannot split a writer: {err}"),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/transport/fusedev/mod.rs b/src/transport/fusedev/mod.rs
index 71f9ba6b7..0dd1abf38 100644
--- a/src/transport/fusedev/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transport/fusedev/mod.rs
@@ -157,10 +157,7 @@ impl<'a, S: BitmapSlice> FuseDevWriter<'a, S> {
             }
         };
 
-        res.map_err(|e| {
-            error! {"fail to write to fuse device on commit: {}", e};
-            io::Error::from_raw_os_error(e as i32)
-        })
+        res.map_err(|e| io::Error::from_raw_os_error(e as i32))
     }
 
     /// Return number of bytes already written to the internal buffer.