diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 8150e4e9e88b9c0b690ecb6bd25ae4abded54fe6..484114a4db93921421278e66d785fff5668815b1 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1343,36 +1343,39 @@ void shrink_dcache_for_umount(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 }
 
-static enum d_walk_ret check_and_collect(void *_data, struct dentry *dentry)
+struct detach_data {
+	struct select_data select;
+	struct dentry *mountpoint;
+};
+static enum d_walk_ret detach_and_collect(void *_data, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct select_data *data = _data;
+	struct detach_data *data = _data;
 
 	if (d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
-		data->found = -EBUSY;
+		__dget_dlock(dentry);
+		data->mountpoint = dentry;
 		return D_WALK_QUIT;
 	}
 
-	return select_collect(_data, dentry);
+	return select_collect(&data->select, dentry);
 }
 
 static void check_and_drop(void *_data)
 {
-	struct select_data *data = _data;
+	struct detach_data *data = _data;
 
-	if (d_mountpoint(data->start))
-		data->found = -EBUSY;
-	if (!data->found)
-		__d_drop(data->start);
+	if (!data->mountpoint && !data->select.found)
+		__d_drop(data->select.start);
 }
 
 /**
- * check_submounts_and_drop - prune dcache, check for submounts and drop
+ * check_submounts_and_drop - detach submounts, prune dcache, and drop
  *
- * All done as a single atomic operation relative to has_unlinked_ancestor().
- * Returns 0 if successfully unhashed @parent.  If there were submounts then
- * return -EBUSY.
+ * The final d_drop is done as an atomic operation relative to
+ * rename_lock ensuring there are no races with d_set_mounted.  This
+ * ensures there are no unhashed dentries on the path to a mountpoint.
  *
- * @dentry: dentry to prune and drop
+ * @dentry: dentry to detach, prune and drop
  */
 int check_submounts_and_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
@@ -1385,19 +1388,24 @@ int check_submounts_and_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
 	}
 
 	for (;;) {
-		struct select_data data;
+		struct detach_data data;
 
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&data.dispose);
-		data.start = dentry;
-		data.found = 0;
+		data.mountpoint = NULL;
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&data.select.dispose);
+		data.select.start = dentry;
+		data.select.found = 0;
+
+		d_walk(dentry, &data, detach_and_collect, check_and_drop);
 
-		d_walk(dentry, &data, check_and_collect, check_and_drop);
-		ret = data.found;
+		if (data.select.found)
+			shrink_dentry_list(&data.select.dispose);
 
-		if (!list_empty(&data.dispose))
-			shrink_dentry_list(&data.dispose);
+		if (data.mountpoint) {
+			detach_mounts(data.mountpoint);
+			dput(data.mountpoint);
+		}
 
-		if (ret <= 0)
+		if (!data.mountpoint && !data.select.found)
 			break;
 
 		cond_resched();
@@ -2639,10 +2647,8 @@ static struct dentry *__d_unalias(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out_err;
 	m2 = &alias->d_parent->d_inode->i_mutex;
 out_unalias:
-	if (likely(!d_mountpoint(alias))) {
-		__d_move(alias, dentry, false);
-		ret = alias;
-	}
+	__d_move(alias, dentry, false);
+	ret = alias;
 out_err:
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	if (m2)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index a3a14b033b0d7583768a8a678e5ac6995567c760..2ba10904dba0698bb9be3091bff475ddcdb9c7aa 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3567,8 +3567,6 @@ int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	error = -EBUSY;
 	if (is_local_mountpoint(dentry))
 		goto out;
-	if (d_mountpoint(dentry))
-		goto out;
 
 	error = security_inode_rmdir(dir, dentry);
 	if (error)
@@ -3581,6 +3579,7 @@ int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
 	dont_mount(dentry);
+	detach_mounts(dentry);
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
@@ -3683,7 +3682,7 @@ int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct inode **delegate
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	mutex_lock(&target->i_mutex);
-	if (is_local_mountpoint(dentry) || d_mountpoint(dentry))
+	if (is_local_mountpoint(dentry))
 		error = -EBUSY;
 	else {
 		error = security_inode_unlink(dir, dentry);
@@ -3692,8 +3691,10 @@ int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct inode **delegate
 			if (error)
 				goto out;
 			error = dir->i_op->unlink(dir, dentry);
-			if (!error)
+			if (!error) {
 				dont_mount(dentry);
+				detach_mounts(dentry);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 out:
@@ -4130,8 +4131,6 @@ int vfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	error = -EBUSY;
 	if (is_local_mountpoint(old_dentry) || is_local_mountpoint(new_dentry))
 		goto out;
-	if (d_mountpoint(old_dentry) || d_mountpoint(new_dentry))
-		goto out;
 
 	if (max_links && new_dir != old_dir) {
 		error = -EMLINK;
@@ -4168,6 +4167,7 @@ int vfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		if (is_dir)
 			target->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
 		dont_mount(new_dentry);
+		detach_mounts(new_dentry);
 	}
 	if (!(old_dir->i_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE)) {
 		if (!(flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE))