diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 0e8e5de3c48a..ceb7b491d1b9 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -358,14 +358,11 @@ static void dentry_unlink_inode(struct dentry * dentry)
 	__releases(dentry->d_inode->i_lock)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	bool hashed = !d_unhashed(dentry);
 
-	if (hashed)
-		raw_write_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
+	raw_write_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
 	__d_clear_type_and_inode(dentry);
 	hlist_del_init(&dentry->d_u.d_alias);
-	if (hashed)
-		raw_write_seqcount_end(&dentry->d_seq);
+	raw_write_seqcount_end(&dentry->d_seq);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	if (!inode->i_nlink)
@@ -1932,10 +1929,12 @@ struct dentry *d_make_root(struct inode *root_inode)
 
 	if (root_inode) {
 		res = d_alloc_anon(root_inode->i_sb);
-		if (res)
+		if (res) {
+			res->d_flags |= DCACHE_RCUACCESS;
 			d_instantiate(res, root_inode);
-		else
+		} else {
 			iput(root_inode);
+		}
 	}
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 8ddd14806799..bd2f4c68506a 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -659,12 +659,21 @@ int __legitimize_mnt(struct vfsmount *bastard, unsigned seq)
 		return 0;
 	mnt = real_mount(bastard);
 	mnt_add_count(mnt, 1);
+	smp_mb();			// see mntput_no_expire()
 	if (likely(!read_seqretry(&mount_lock, seq)))
 		return 0;
 	if (bastard->mnt_flags & MNT_SYNC_UMOUNT) {
 		mnt_add_count(mnt, -1);
 		return 1;
 	}
+	lock_mount_hash();
+	if (unlikely(bastard->mnt_flags & MNT_DOOMED)) {
+		mnt_add_count(mnt, -1);
+		unlock_mount_hash();
+		return 1;
+	}
+	unlock_mount_hash();
+	/* caller will mntput() */
 	return -1;
 }
 
@@ -1195,12 +1204,27 @@ static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(delayed_mntput_work, delayed_mntput);
 static void mntput_no_expire(struct mount *mnt)
 {
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	mnt_add_count(mnt, -1);
-	if (likely(mnt->mnt_ns)) { /* shouldn't be the last one */
+	if (likely(READ_ONCE(mnt->mnt_ns))) {
+		/*
+		 * Since we don't do lock_mount_hash() here,
+		 * ->mnt_ns can change under us.  However, if it's
+		 * non-NULL, then there's a reference that won't
+		 * be dropped until after an RCU delay done after
+		 * turning ->mnt_ns NULL.  So if we observe it
+		 * non-NULL under rcu_read_lock(), the reference
+		 * we are dropping is not the final one.
+		 */
+		mnt_add_count(mnt, -1);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return;
 	}
 	lock_mount_hash();
+	/*
+	 * make sure that if __legitimize_mnt() has not seen us grab
+	 * mount_lock, we'll see their refcount increment here.
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
+	mnt_add_count(mnt, -1);
 	if (mnt_get_count(mnt)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		unlock_mount_hash();