diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 54c63ce3de25..ca337014ae29 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 	mutex_lock(&iprune_mutex);
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	inotify_unmount_inodes(&sb->s_inodes);
+	fsnotify_unmount_inodes(&sb->s_inodes);
 	busy = invalidate_list(&sb->s_inodes, &throw_away);
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
index 282150f74cfa..0a499d2c6191 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/writeback.h> /* for inode_lock */
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
@@ -351,3 +352,74 @@ int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry,
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+/**
+ * fsnotify_unmount_inodes - an sb is unmounting.  handle any watched inodes.
+ * @list: list of inodes being unmounted (sb->s_inodes)
+ *
+ * Called with inode_lock held, protecting the unmounting super block's list
+ * of inodes, and with iprune_mutex held, keeping shrink_icache_memory() at bay.
+ * We temporarily drop inode_lock, however, and CAN block.
+ */
+void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct list_head *list)
+{
+	struct inode *inode, *next_i, *need_iput = NULL;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(inode, next_i, list, i_sb_list) {
+		struct inode *need_iput_tmp;
+
+		/*
+		 * We cannot __iget() an inode in state I_CLEAR, I_FREEING,
+		 * I_WILL_FREE, or I_NEW which is fine because by that point
+		 * the inode cannot have any associated watches.
+		 */
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_CLEAR|I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+			continue;
+
+		/*
+		 * If i_count is zero, the inode cannot have any watches and
+		 * doing an __iget/iput with MS_ACTIVE clear would actually
+		 * evict all inodes with zero i_count from icache which is
+		 * unnecessarily violent and may in fact be illegal to do.
+		 */
+		if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
+			continue;
+
+		need_iput_tmp = need_iput;
+		need_iput = NULL;
+
+		/* In case fsnotify_inode_delete() drops a reference. */
+		if (inode != need_iput_tmp)
+			__iget(inode);
+		else
+			need_iput_tmp = NULL;
+
+		/* In case the dropping of a reference would nuke next_i. */
+		if ((&next_i->i_sb_list != list) &&
+		    atomic_read(&next_i->i_count) &&
+		    !(next_i->i_state & (I_CLEAR | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE))) {
+			__iget(next_i);
+			need_iput = next_i;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We can safely drop inode_lock here because we hold
+		 * references on both inode and next_i.  Also no new inodes
+		 * will be added since the umount has begun.  Finally,
+		 * iprune_mutex keeps shrink_icache_memory() away.
+		 */
+		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+
+		if (need_iput_tmp)
+			iput(need_iput_tmp);
+
+		/* for each watch, send FS_UNMOUNT and then remove it */
+		fsnotify(inode, FS_UNMOUNT, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, NULL, 0);
+
+		fsnotify_inode_delete(inode);
+
+		iput(inode);
+
+		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index efdf9e442d86..d2c0ee30e618 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ extern void fsnotify_destroy_mark_by_entry(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry);
 extern void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
 extern void fsnotify_get_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry);
 extern void fsnotify_put_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry);
+extern void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct list_head *list);
 
 /* put here because inotify does some weird stuff when destroying watches */
 extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
@@ -365,6 +366,9 @@ static inline u32 fsnotify_get_cookie(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct list_head *list)
+{}
+
 #endif	/* CONFIG_FSNOTIFY */
 
 #endif	/* __KERNEL __ */