diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index f9dda0304a10f71e4141617c69fc485f74183ccf..0e93d90bb753a3518235bfb04cc9da9ad912b857 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -299,22 +299,16 @@ void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 					 unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct fsnotify_mark *lmark, *mark;
-	LIST_HEAD(free_list);
 
 	mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, lmark, &group->marks_list, g_list) {
 		if (mark->flags & flags) {
-			list_add(&mark->free_g_list, &free_list);
-			list_del_init(&mark->g_list);
 			fsnotify_get_mark(mark);
+			fsnotify_destroy_mark_locked(mark, group);
+			fsnotify_put_mark(mark);
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, lmark, &free_list, free_g_list) {
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(mark, group);
-		fsnotify_put_mark(mark);
-	}
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 26c06afa264e6270d63c2152cc40fc02d8915683..5a88993504569b9be72b45ad8485c3e17cc828d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ struct fsnotify_mark {
 		struct fsnotify_inode_mark i;
 		struct fsnotify_vfsmount_mark m;
 	};
-	struct list_head free_g_list;	/* tmp list used when freeing this mark */
 	__u32 ignored_mask;		/* events types to ignore */
 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_INODE		0x01
 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_VFSMOUNT		0x02