diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 921ae32dbc8053813e70b2a6454bf7dc4f85306a..cafa365eeb70a55215806875685bd9ff047884cd 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -559,9 +559,10 @@ static int __nd_alloc_stack(struct nameidata *nd)
 static bool path_connected(const struct path *path)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt = path->mnt;
+	struct super_block *sb = mnt->mnt_sb;
 
-	/* Only bind mounts can have disconnected paths */
-	if (mnt->mnt_root == mnt->mnt_sb->s_root)
+	/* Bind mounts and multi-root filesystems can have disconnected paths */
+	if (!(sb->s_iflags & SB_I_MULTIROOT) && (mnt->mnt_root == sb->s_root))
 		return true;
 
 	return is_subdir(path->dentry, mnt->mnt_root);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 29bacdc56f6a9fcf83225844360088e180d32ad7..5e470e233c83d242856322bb27c86e50d206cfe8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -2631,6 +2631,8 @@ struct dentry *nfs_fs_mount_common(struct nfs_server *server,
 		/* initial superblock/root creation */
 		mount_info->fill_super(s, mount_info);
 		nfs_get_cache_cookie(s, mount_info->parsed, mount_info->cloned);
+		if (!(server->flags & NFS_MOUNT_UNSHARED))
+			s->s_iflags |= SB_I_MULTIROOT;
 	}
 
 	mntroot = nfs_get_root(s, mount_info->mntfh, dev_name);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 2a815560fda0e162c5c27da8249b9f3921328c21..0430e03febaad6ae18ea9c8e5e70792ee457c5dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1317,6 +1317,7 @@ extern int send_sigurg(struct fown_struct *fown);
 #define SB_I_CGROUPWB	0x00000001	/* cgroup-aware writeback enabled */
 #define SB_I_NOEXEC	0x00000002	/* Ignore executables on this fs */
 #define SB_I_NODEV	0x00000004	/* Ignore devices on this fs */
+#define SB_I_MULTIROOT	0x00000008	/* Multiple roots to the dentry tree */
 
 /* sb->s_iflags to limit user namespace mounts */
 #define SB_I_USERNS_VISIBLE		0x00000010 /* fstype already mounted */