diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 6625699f497c7f3889f7b82b325a315c9e51774a..57b0b49f4e6e23a9c6dd974e3f9dd78664f1f59a 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -234,6 +234,14 @@ static int inode_alloc_security(struct inode *inode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void inode_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode_security_struct *isec;
+
+	isec = container_of(head, struct inode_security_struct, rcu);
+	kmem_cache_free(sel_inode_cache, isec);
+}
+
 static void inode_free_security(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec = inode->i_security;
@@ -244,8 +252,16 @@ static void inode_free_security(struct inode *inode)
 		list_del_init(&isec->list);
 	spin_unlock(&sbsec->isec_lock);
 
-	inode->i_security = NULL;
-	kmem_cache_free(sel_inode_cache, isec);
+	/*
+	 * The inode may still be referenced in a path walk and
+	 * a call to selinux_inode_permission() can be made
+	 * after inode_free_security() is called. Ideally, the VFS
+	 * wouldn't do this, but fixing that is a much harder
+	 * job. For now, simply free the i_security via RCU, and
+	 * leave the current inode->i_security pointer intact.
+	 * The inode will be freed after the RCU grace period too.
+	 */
+	call_rcu(&isec->rcu, inode_free_rcu);
 }
 
 static int file_alloc_security(struct file *file)
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/objsec.h b/security/selinux/include/objsec.h
index b1dfe104945078ead53647c247c46aa6134fac2e..078e553f52f27a03ab83490f20bb2353782d2ef2 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/objsec.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/objsec.h
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ struct task_security_struct {
 
 struct inode_security_struct {
 	struct inode *inode;	/* back pointer to inode object */
-	struct list_head list;	/* list of inode_security_struct */
+	union {
+		struct list_head list;	/* list of inode_security_struct */
+		struct rcu_head rcu;	/* for freeing the inode_security_struct */
+	};
 	u32 task_sid;		/* SID of creating task */
 	u32 sid;		/* SID of this object */
 	u16 sclass;		/* security class of this object */