diff --git a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
index 480ab178cba50eca22e35bb3af4d0709c0d37258..b13f32c8aeeea26914163e35e7b45a9782e779eb 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ struct autofs_wait_queue {
 
 struct autofs_sb_info {
 	u32 magic;
-	struct dentry *root;
 	int pipefd;
 	struct file *pipe;
 	pid_t oz_pgrp;
@@ -229,4 +228,4 @@ static inline int __simple_empty(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 
 void autofs4_dentry_release(struct dentry *);
-
+extern void autofs4_kill_sb(struct super_block *);
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/init.c b/fs/autofs4/init.c
index 5d9193332bef1b9eac190d80fb0fa5f97ff28f8a..723a1c5e361b2786c8f8ec97e9332b77b1484e15 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/init.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/init.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static struct file_system_type autofs_fs_type = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.name		= "autofs",
 	.get_sb		= autofs_get_sb,
-	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
+	.kill_sb	= autofs4_kill_sb,
 };
 
 static int __init init_autofs4_fs(void)
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/inode.c b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
index 800ce876caeca6e33fc427e40d34d89a69923ed3..51fd8595bf85197d252ce3414b73539dd0b9eae8 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void autofs4_free_ino(struct autofs_info *ino)
  */
 static void autofs4_force_release(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	struct dentry *this_parent = sbi->root;
+	struct dentry *this_parent = sbi->sb->s_root;
 	struct list_head *next;
 
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static void autofs4_force_release(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi)
 		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	}
 
-	if (this_parent != sbi->root) {
+	if (this_parent != sbi->sb->s_root) {
 		struct dentry *dentry = this_parent;
 
 		next = this_parent->d_u.d_child.next;
@@ -140,15 +140,9 @@ static void autofs4_force_release(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi)
 		goto resume;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-
-	dput(sbi->root);
-	sbi->root = NULL;
-	shrink_dcache_sb(sbi->sb);
-
-	return;
 }
 
-static void autofs4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
+void autofs4_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(sb);
 
@@ -163,6 +157,7 @@ static void autofs4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	kfree(sbi);
 
 	DPRINTK("shutting down");
+	kill_anon_super(sb);
 }
 
 static int autofs4_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
@@ -189,7 +184,6 @@ static int autofs4_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 }
 
 static struct super_operations autofs4_sops = {
-	.put_super	= autofs4_put_super,
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
 	.show_options	= autofs4_show_options,
 };
@@ -315,7 +309,6 @@ int autofs4_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 
 	s->s_fs_info = sbi;
 	sbi->magic = AUTOFS_SBI_MAGIC;
-	sbi->root = NULL;
 	sbi->pipefd = -1;
 	sbi->catatonic = 0;
 	sbi->exp_timeout = 0;
@@ -396,13 +389,6 @@ int autofs4_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	sbi->pipe = pipe;
 	sbi->pipefd = pipefd;
 
-	/*
-	 * Take a reference to the root dentry so we get a chance to
-	 * clean up the dentry tree on umount.
-	 * See autofs4_force_release.
-	 */
-	sbi->root = dget(root);
-
 	/*
 	 * Success! Install the root dentry now to indicate completion.
 	 */
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index ce103e7b0bc360f684a2556c55ea9ed8be0e38f2..c0a6c8d445c7b7cffc8a7c5163bd32d7ba6bdbd7 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ void autofs4_catatonic_mode(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi)
 		fput(sbi->pipe);	/* Close the pipe */
 		sbi->pipe = NULL;
 	}
-	shrink_dcache_sb(sbi->sb);
 }
 
 static int autofs4_write(struct file *file, const void *addr, int bytes)