diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index cb3653efb57a..f07aa640c27d 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ ssize_t hfsplus_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size);
 
 /* options.c */
 int hfsplus_parse_options(char *, struct hfsplus_sb_info *);
+int hfsplus_parse_options_remount(char *input, int *force);
 void hfsplus_fill_defaults(struct hfsplus_sb_info *);
 int hfsplus_show_options(struct seq_file *, struct vfsmount *);
 
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/options.c b/fs/hfsplus/options.c
index f9ab276a4d8d..43b02b5525eb 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/options.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/options.c
@@ -65,6 +65,32 @@ static inline int match_fourchar(substring_t *arg, u32 *result)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int hfsplus_parse_options_remount(char *input, int *force)
+{
+	char *p;
+	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
+	int token;
+
+	if (!input)
+		return 0;
+
+	while ((p = strsep(&input, ",")) != NULL) {
+		if (!*p)
+			continue;
+
+		token = match_token(p, tokens, args);
+		switch (token) {
+		case opt_force:
+			*force = 1;
+			break;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /* Parse options from mount. Returns 0 on failure */
 /* input is the options passed to mount() as a string */
 int hfsplus_parse_options(char *input, struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi)
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index 52cc746d3ba3..1c356a2fba01 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -263,11 +263,9 @@ static int hfsplus_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 		return 0;
 	if (!(*flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		struct hfsplus_vh *vhdr = HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->s_vhdr;
-		struct hfsplus_sb_info sbi;
+		int force = 0;
 
-		memset(&sbi, 0, sizeof(struct hfsplus_sb_info));
-		sbi.nls = HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->nls;
-		if (!hfsplus_parse_options(data, &sbi))
+		if (!hfsplus_parse_options_remount(data, &force))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (!(vhdr->attributes & cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_UNMNT))) {
@@ -275,7 +273,7 @@ static int hfsplus_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 			       "running fsck.hfsplus is recommended.  leaving read-only.\n");
 			sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 			*flags |= MS_RDONLY;
-		} else if (test_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_FORCE, &sbi.flags)) {
+		} else if (force) {
 			/* nothing */
 		} else if (vhdr->attributes & cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_SOFTLOCK)) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: filesystem is marked locked, leaving read-only.\n");