diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index cfcbf114676ed9e5ee439563acc0a407e3541522..fc0df4442f7b45bb7c93983669a20848431a11c3 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
 #include "fsnotify.h"
 
 struct srcu_struct fsnotify_mark_srcu;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(destroy_lock);
+static LIST_HEAD(destroy_list);
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(destroy_waitq);
 
 void fsnotify_get_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 {
@@ -165,19 +168,10 @@ void fsnotify_detach_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 	atomic_dec(&group->num_marks);
 }
 
-static void
-fsnotify_mark_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
-{
-	struct fsnotify_mark	*mark;
-
-	mark = container_of(rcu, struct fsnotify_mark, g_rcu);
-	fsnotify_put_mark(mark);
-}
-
 /*
- * Free fsnotify mark. The freeing is actually happening from a call_srcu
- * callback. Caller must have a reference to the mark or be protected by
- * fsnotify_mark_srcu.
+ * Free fsnotify mark. The freeing is actually happening from a kthread which
+ * first waits for srcu period end. Caller must have a reference to the mark
+ * or be protected by fsnotify_mark_srcu.
  */
 void fsnotify_free_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 {
@@ -192,7 +186,10 @@ void fsnotify_free_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 	mark->flags &= ~FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALIVE;
 	spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
 
-	call_srcu(&fsnotify_mark_srcu, &mark->g_rcu, fsnotify_mark_free_rcu);
+	spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
+	list_add(&mark->g_list, &destroy_list);
+	spin_unlock(&destroy_lock);
+	wake_up(&destroy_waitq);
 
 	/*
 	 * Some groups like to know that marks are being freed.  This is a
@@ -388,7 +385,11 @@ int fsnotify_add_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 
 	spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
 
-	call_srcu(&fsnotify_mark_srcu, &mark->g_rcu, fsnotify_mark_free_rcu);
+	spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
+	list_add(&mark->g_list, &destroy_list);
+	spin_unlock(&destroy_lock);
+	wake_up(&destroy_waitq);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -491,3 +492,40 @@ void fsnotify_init_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 	atomic_set(&mark->refcnt, 1);
 	mark->free_mark = free_mark;
 }
+
+static int fsnotify_mark_destroy(void *ignored)
+{
+	struct fsnotify_mark *mark, *next;
+	struct list_head private_destroy_list;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
+		/* exchange the list head */
+		list_replace_init(&destroy_list, &private_destroy_list);
+		spin_unlock(&destroy_lock);
+
+		synchronize_srcu(&fsnotify_mark_srcu);
+
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, next, &private_destroy_list, g_list) {
+			list_del_init(&mark->g_list);
+			fsnotify_put_mark(mark);
+		}
+
+		wait_event_interruptible(destroy_waitq, !list_empty(&destroy_list));
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __init fsnotify_mark_init(void)
+{
+	struct task_struct *thread;
+
+	thread = kthread_run(fsnotify_mark_destroy, NULL,
+			     "fsnotify_mark");
+	if (IS_ERR(thread))
+		panic("unable to start fsnotify mark destruction thread.");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(fsnotify_mark_init);
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 6b7e89f45aa49e3eb1531c51f6edae4cc18d576a..533c4408529a19819570c5dc40d917aa10ac2d26 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -220,10 +220,7 @@ struct fsnotify_mark {
 	/* List of marks by group->i_fsnotify_marks. Also reused for queueing
 	 * mark into destroy_list when it's waiting for the end of SRCU period
 	 * before it can be freed. [group->mark_mutex] */
-	union {
-		struct list_head g_list;
-		struct rcu_head g_rcu;
-	};
+	struct list_head g_list;
 	/* Protects inode / mnt pointers, flags, masks */
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	/* List of marks for inode / vfsmount [obj_lock] */