diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
index 1b398636e9902a46ccce3840f715954198772e06..6797bf80f6e2e20d30c3a3752dadfee4b7648050 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
+++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct hpfs_sb_info {
 	unsigned sb_c_bitmap;		/* current bitmap */
 	unsigned sb_max_fwd_alloc;	/* max forwad allocation */
 	int sb_timeshift;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
 /* Four 512-byte buffers and the 2k block obtained by concatenating them */
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index 4334cda8dba144eeb36e57f3d3457b90b14ad15b..b8d01ef6f531752cc4c97e2164c2c4a9131c533a 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -101,18 +101,24 @@ int hpfs_stop_cycles(struct super_block *s, int key, int *c1, int *c2,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void hpfs_put_super(struct super_block *s)
+static void free_sbi(struct hpfs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	struct hpfs_sb_info *sbi = hpfs_sb(s);
+	kfree(sbi->sb_cp_table);
+	kfree(sbi->sb_bmp_dir);
+	kfree(sbi);
+}
 
+static void lazy_free_sbi(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+{
+	free_sbi(container_of(rcu, struct hpfs_sb_info, rcu));
+}
+
+static void hpfs_put_super(struct super_block *s)
+{
 	hpfs_lock(s);
 	unmark_dirty(s);
 	hpfs_unlock(s);
-
-	kfree(sbi->sb_cp_table);
-	kfree(sbi->sb_bmp_dir);
-	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
-	kfree(sbi);
+	call_rcu(&hpfs_sb(s)->rcu, lazy_free_sbi);
 }
 
 unsigned hpfs_count_one_bitmap(struct super_block *s, secno secno)
@@ -485,9 +491,6 @@ static int hpfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *options, int silent)
 	}
 	s->s_fs_info = sbi;
 
-	sbi->sb_bmp_dir = NULL;
-	sbi->sb_cp_table = NULL;
-
 	mutex_init(&sbi->hpfs_mutex);
 	hpfs_lock(s);
 
@@ -679,10 +682,7 @@ bail2:	brelse(bh0);
 bail1:
 bail0:
 	hpfs_unlock(s);
-	kfree(sbi->sb_bmp_dir);
-	kfree(sbi->sb_cp_table);
-	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
-	kfree(sbi);
+	free_sbi(sbi);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }