diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 083e3401a808..2b12b7a9455d 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1333,6 +1333,9 @@ static void umount_tree(struct mount *mnt, enum umount_tree_flags how)
 	LIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
 	struct mount *p;
 
+	if (how & UMOUNT_PROPAGATE)
+		propagate_mount_unlock(mnt);
+
 	/* Gather the mounts to umount */
 	for (p = mnt; p; p = next_mnt(p, mnt)) {
 		p->mnt.mnt_flags |= MNT_UMOUNT;
diff --git a/fs/pnode.c b/fs/pnode.c
index c27ae38ee250..89890293dd0a 100644
--- a/fs/pnode.c
+++ b/fs/pnode.c
@@ -361,6 +361,26 @@ int propagate_mount_busy(struct mount *mnt, int refcnt)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Clear MNT_LOCKED when it can be shown to be safe.
+ *
+ * mount_lock lock must be held for write
+ */
+void propagate_mount_unlock(struct mount *mnt)
+{
+	struct mount *parent = mnt->mnt_parent;
+	struct mount *m, *child;
+
+	BUG_ON(parent == mnt);
+
+	for (m = propagation_next(parent, parent); m;
+			m = propagation_next(m, parent)) {
+		child = __lookup_mnt_last(&m->mnt, mnt->mnt_mountpoint);
+		if (child)
+			child->mnt.mnt_flags &= ~MNT_LOCKED;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * NOTE: unmounting 'mnt' naturally propagates to all other mounts its
  * parent propagates to.
diff --git a/fs/pnode.h b/fs/pnode.h
index aa6d65df7204..af47d4bd7b31 100644
--- a/fs/pnode.h
+++ b/fs/pnode.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ int propagate_mnt(struct mount *, struct mountpoint *, struct mount *,
 		struct hlist_head *);
 int propagate_umount(struct list_head *);
 int propagate_mount_busy(struct mount *, int);
+void propagate_mount_unlock(struct mount *);
 void mnt_release_group_id(struct mount *);
 int get_dominating_id(struct mount *mnt, const struct path *root);
 unsigned int mnt_get_count(struct mount *mnt);