diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index a2d681a6b5e9..1969d6b2571e 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ static inline void __mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	 * provides barriers, so count_mnt_writers() below is safe.  AV
 	 */
 	WARN_ON(count_mnt_writers(mnt));
+	fsnotify_vfsmount_delete(mnt);
 	dput(mnt->mnt_root);
 	free_vfsmnt(mnt);
 	deactivate_super(sb);
diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index e0bf86953e1b..7f14ddc3efc2 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__fsnotify_inode_delete);
 
+void __fsnotify_vfsmount_delete(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	fsnotify_clear_marks_by_mount(mnt);
+}
+
 /*
  * Given an inode, first check if we care what happens to our children.  Inotify
  * and dnotify both tell their parents about events.  If we care about any event
diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.h b/fs/notify/fsnotify.h
index 38f3fb5cef28..204353c0f663 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.h
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ extern void fsnotify_destroy_vfsmount_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
 extern void fsnotify_destroy_inode_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
 /* run the list of all marks associated with inode and flag them to be freed */
 extern void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_inode(struct inode *inode);
+/* run the list of all marks associated with vfsmount and flag them to be freed */
+extern void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_mount(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 /*
  * update the dentry->d_flags of all of inode's children to indicate if inode cares
  * about events that happen to its children.
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index 5184a2b786c1..06c0e50c7968 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ static inline void fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode)
 	__fsnotify_inode_delete(inode);
 }
 
+/*
+ * fsnotify_vfsmount_delete - a vfsmount is being destroyed, clean up is needed
+ */
+static inline void fsnotify_vfsmount_delete(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	__fsnotify_vfsmount_delete(mnt);
+}
+
 /*
  * fsnotify_nameremove - a filename was removed from a directory
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index f21ff1bd4b5a..1af42cbfc429 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ extern void fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is,
 		     const char *name, u32 cookie);
 extern void __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask);
 extern void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode);
+extern void __fsnotify_vfsmount_delete(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern u32 fsnotify_get_cookie(void);
 
 static inline int fsnotify_inode_watches_children(struct inode *inode)
@@ -402,6 +403,9 @@ static inline void __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, _
 static inline void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode)
 {}
 
+static inline void __fsnotify_vfsmount_delete(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{}
+
 static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
 {}