diff --git a/fs/afs/mntpt.c b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
index 81dd075356b968e3a360492a8a5f11dcc0f450b6..d4fb0afc0097d4947d3c2013cf27f521b055d423 100644
--- a/fs/afs/mntpt.c
+++ b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *afs_mntpt_do_automount(struct dentry *mntpt)
 
 	/* try and do the mount */
 	_debug("--- attempting mount %s -o %s ---", devname, options);
-	mnt = vfs_kern_mount(&afs_fs_type, 0, devname, options);
+	mnt = vfs_submount(mntpt, &afs_fs_type, devname, options);
 	_debug("--- mount result %p ---", mnt);
 
 	free_page((unsigned long) devname);
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index 1278335ce366da6d899ce76017a6f94fc6b17d78..79fbd85db4baa3637dead4eee6b0161f29bc6fa3 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -436,8 +436,8 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 		memcpy(&wq->name, &qstr, sizeof(struct qstr));
 		wq->dev = autofs4_get_dev(sbi);
 		wq->ino = autofs4_get_ino(sbi);
-		wq->uid = current_real_cred()->uid;
-		wq->gid = current_real_cred()->gid;
+		wq->uid = current_cred()->uid;
+		wq->gid = current_cred()->gid;
 		wq->pid = pid;
 		wq->tgid = tgid;
 		wq->status = -EINTR; /* Status return if interrupted */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
index ec9dbbcca3b9031c9aa26aee7468d9123a39a320..9156be545b0f103703c70462a219da06d2bf44bf 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ char *cifs_compose_mount_options(const char *sb_mountdata,
  * @fullpath:		full path in UNC format
  * @ref:		server's referral
  */
-static struct vfsmount *cifs_dfs_do_refmount(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
+static struct vfsmount *cifs_dfs_do_refmount(struct dentry *mntpt,
+		struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 		const char *fullpath, const struct dfs_info3_param *ref)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *cifs_dfs_do_refmount(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 	if (IS_ERR(mountdata))
 		return (struct vfsmount *)mountdata;
 
-	mnt = vfs_kern_mount(&cifs_fs_type, 0, devname, mountdata);
+	mnt = vfs_submount(mntpt, &cifs_fs_type, devname, mountdata);
 	kfree(mountdata);
 	kfree(devname);
 	return mnt;
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *cifs_dfs_do_automount(struct dentry *mntpt)
 			mnt = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 			break;
 		}
-		mnt = cifs_dfs_do_refmount(cifs_sb,
+		mnt = cifs_dfs_do_refmount(mntpt, cifs_sb,
 				full_path, referrals + i);
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: cifs_dfs_do_refmount:%s , mnt:%p\n",
 			 __func__, referrals[i].node_name, mnt);
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index f17fcf89e18eb077ca4231c344327852ea3b156f..1e30f74a9527ee7465ff35d59658e710942bdf54 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ static const struct super_operations debugfs_super_operations = {
 
 static struct vfsmount *debugfs_automount(struct path *path)
 {
-	struct vfsmount *(*f)(void *);
-	f = (struct vfsmount *(*)(void *))path->dentry->d_fsdata;
-	return f(d_inode(path->dentry)->i_private);
+	debugfs_automount_t f;
+	f = (debugfs_automount_t)path->dentry->d_fsdata;
+	return f(path->dentry, d_inode(path->dentry)->i_private);
 }
 
 static const struct dentry_operations debugfs_dops = {
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_dir);
  */
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_automount(const char *name,
 					struct dentry *parent,
-					struct vfsmount *(*f)(void *),
+					debugfs_automount_t f,
 					void *data)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = start_creating(name, parent);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 6fa3e9138fe41407426f0122adbc23d5605c8e82..da689c9c005ee268f258952bb12bd133bfa51fdf 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,6 @@ static int follow_automount(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd,
 			    bool *need_mntput)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!path->dentry->d_op || !path->dentry->d_op->d_automount)
@@ -1129,9 +1128,7 @@ static int follow_automount(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd,
 	if (nd->total_link_count >= 40)
 		return -ELOOP;
 
-	old_cred = override_creds(&init_cred);
 	mnt = path->dentry->d_op->d_automount(path);
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
 	if (IS_ERR(mnt)) {
 		/*
 		 * The filesystem is allowed to return -EISDIR here to indicate
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 487ba30bb5c67a8f66bdaadb5b13e8240c937f7a..089a6b23135aa3d6318aa30dbdf86d79a1a5c95e 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -989,6 +989,21 @@ vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, const char *name, void
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_kern_mount);
 
+struct vfsmount *
+vfs_submount(const struct dentry *mountpoint, struct file_system_type *type,
+	     const char *name, void *data)
+{
+	/* Until it is worked out how to pass the user namespace
+	 * through from the parent mount to the submount don't support
+	 * unprivileged mounts with submounts.
+	 */
+	if (mountpoint->d_sb->s_user_ns != &init_user_ns)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+
+	return vfs_kern_mount(type, MS_SUBMOUNT, name, data);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_submount);
+
 static struct mount *clone_mnt(struct mount *old, struct dentry *root,
 					int flag)
 {
@@ -2794,7 +2809,7 @@ long do_mount(const char *dev_name, const char __user *dir_name,
 
 	flags &= ~(MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC | MS_NODEV | MS_ACTIVE | MS_BORN |
 		   MS_NOATIME | MS_NODIRATIME | MS_RELATIME| MS_KERNMOUNT |
-		   MS_STRICTATIME | MS_NOREMOTELOCK);
+		   MS_STRICTATIME | MS_NOREMOTELOCK | MS_SUBMOUNT);
 
 	if (flags & MS_REMOUNT)
 		retval = do_remount(&path, flags & ~MS_REMOUNT, mnt_flags,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index 5551e8ef67fd0b64faa92688a8fa38b05bbb0c78..e49d831c4e8531f4c179737e724df5c3bf356739 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *nfs_do_clone_mount(struct nfs_server *server,
 					   const char *devname,
 					   struct nfs_clone_mount *mountdata)
 {
-	return vfs_kern_mount(&nfs_xdev_fs_type, 0, devname, mountdata);
+	return vfs_submount(mountdata->dentry, &nfs_xdev_fs_type, devname, mountdata);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
index d21104912676c47664c0d7a52b11633f6a76aaff..d8b040bd9814d3199e9189519f7bdcb09c04801c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *try_location(struct nfs_clone_mount *mountdata,
 				mountdata->hostname,
 				mountdata->mnt_path);
 
-		mnt = vfs_kern_mount(&nfs4_referral_fs_type, 0, page, mountdata);
+		mnt = vfs_submount(mountdata->dentry, &nfs4_referral_fs_type, page, mountdata);
 		if (!IS_ERR(mnt))
 			break;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 1709ed029a2cae70c3d4a6cccccca760a0ad003f..4185844f7a12d7546cb90a4ab43da97787f28af8 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ struct super_block *sget_userns(struct file_system_type *type,
 	struct super_block *old;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!(flags & MS_KERNMOUNT) &&
+	if (!(flags & (MS_KERNMOUNT|MS_SUBMOUNT)) &&
 	    !(type->fs_flags & FS_USERNS_MOUNT) &&
 	    !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ struct super_block *sget_userns(struct file_system_type *type,
 	}
 	if (!s) {
 		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-		s = alloc_super(type, flags, user_ns);
+		s = alloc_super(type, (flags & ~MS_SUBMOUNT), user_ns);
 		if (!s)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		goto retry;
@@ -540,8 +540,15 @@ struct super_block *sget(struct file_system_type *type,
 {
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns = current_user_ns();
 
+	/* We don't yet pass the user namespace of the parent
+	 * mount through to here so always use &init_user_ns
+	 * until that changes.
+	 */
+	if (flags & MS_SUBMOUNT)
+		user_ns = &init_user_ns;
+
 	/* Ensure the requestor has permissions over the target filesystem */
-	if (!(flags & MS_KERNMOUNT) && !ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	if (!(flags & (MS_KERNMOUNT|MS_SUBMOUNT)) && !ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
 	return sget_userns(type, test, set, flags, user_ns, data);
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 014cc564d1c437f34d1cbe259f087156f1d148c9..233006be30aa4c775a0ab90886941266f2dc77f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -97,9 +97,10 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent);
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_symlink(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
 				      const char *dest);
 
+typedef struct vfsmount *(*debugfs_automount_t)(struct dentry *, void *);
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_automount(const char *name,
 					struct dentry *parent,
-					struct vfsmount *(*f)(void *),
+					debugfs_automount_t f,
 					void *data);
 
 void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry);
diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
index c6f55158d5e5aa086d284a454008f65b790fcfe6..8e0352af06b786fb0cccde2022af945772f5091e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/mount.h
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ struct file_system_type;
 extern struct vfsmount *vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type,
 				      int flags, const char *name,
 				      void *data);
+extern struct vfsmount *vfs_submount(const struct dentry *mountpoint,
+				     struct file_system_type *type,
+				     const char *name, void *data);
 
 extern void mnt_set_expiry(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct list_head *expiry_list);
 extern void mark_mounts_for_expiry(struct list_head *mounts);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 36da93fbf18860a08e75590e54d34caa6967d9ec..048a85e9f0174170bc9cf861a388d08e19d1f36c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #define MS_LAZYTIME	(1<<25) /* Update the on-disk [acm]times lazily */
 
 /* These sb flags are internal to the kernel */
+#define MS_SUBMOUNT     (1<<26)
 #define MS_NOREMOTELOCK	(1<<27)
 #define MS_NOSEC	(1<<28)
 #define MS_BORN		(1<<29)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index d7449783987a2bee7dea147e02530f36ff23dfba..310f0ea0d1a2e63ec534b300dab74359206cf74f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -7503,7 +7503,7 @@ init_tracer_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer)
 	ftrace_init_tracefs(tr, d_tracer);
 }
 
-static struct vfsmount *trace_automount(void *ingore)
+static struct vfsmount *trace_automount(struct dentry *mntpt, void *ingore)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
 	struct file_system_type *type;
@@ -7516,7 +7516,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *trace_automount(void *ingore)
 	type = get_fs_type("tracefs");
 	if (!type)
 		return NULL;
-	mnt = vfs_kern_mount(type, 0, "tracefs", NULL);
+	mnt = vfs_submount(mntpt, type, "tracefs", NULL);
 	put_filesystem(type);
 	if (IS_ERR(mnt))
 		return NULL;