diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index efaa31c70fbe..f519d4187332 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ int  nfs_show_options(struct seq_file *, struct dentry *);
 int  nfs_show_devname(struct seq_file *, struct dentry *);
 int  nfs_show_path(struct seq_file *, struct dentry *);
 int  nfs_show_stats(struct seq_file *, struct dentry *);
-void nfs_put_super(struct super_block *);
 int nfs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *raw_data);
 
 /* write.c */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4super.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4super.c
index 6f340f02f2ba..ab30a3a637de 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4super.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ static const struct super_operations nfs4_sops = {
 	.destroy_inode	= nfs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= nfs4_write_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= nfs_drop_inode,
-	.put_super	= nfs_put_super,
 	.statfs		= nfs_statfs,
 	.evict_inode	= nfs4_evict_inode,
 	.umount_begin	= nfs_umount_begin,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 31a11b0e885d..6ec4fe23b756 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ const struct super_operations nfs_sops = {
 	.destroy_inode	= nfs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= nfs_write_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= nfs_drop_inode,
-	.put_super	= nfs_put_super,
 	.statfs		= nfs_statfs,
 	.evict_inode	= nfs_evict_inode,
 	.umount_begin	= nfs_umount_begin,
@@ -2569,7 +2568,7 @@ struct dentry *nfs_fs_mount_common(struct nfs_server *server,
 		error = nfs_bdi_register(server);
 		if (error) {
 			mntroot = ERR_PTR(error);
-			goto error_splat_bdi;
+			goto error_splat_super;
 		}
 		server->super = s;
 	}
@@ -2601,9 +2600,6 @@ error_splat_root:
 	dput(mntroot);
 	mntroot = ERR_PTR(error);
 error_splat_super:
-	if (server && !s->s_root)
-		bdi_unregister(&server->backing_dev_info);
-error_splat_bdi:
 	deactivate_locked_super(s);
 	goto out;
 }
@@ -2650,28 +2646,20 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_fs_mount);
 
-/*
- * Ensure that we unregister the bdi before kill_anon_super
- * releases the device name
- */
-void nfs_put_super(struct super_block *s)
-{
-	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SB(s);
-
-	bdi_unregister(&server->backing_dev_info);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_put_super);
-
 /*
  * Destroy an NFS2/3 superblock
  */
 void nfs_kill_super(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SB(s);
+	dev_t dev = s->s_dev;
+
+	generic_shutdown_super(s);
 
-	kill_anon_super(s);
 	nfs_fscache_release_super_cookie(s);
+
 	nfs_free_server(server);
+	free_anon_bdev(dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_kill_super);