diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 3ec85dfce12496dd64a8ad2c37984ad61f489e25..d511ecb35144deed195d8db2a7822ffee5098f1f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -2098,32 +2098,26 @@ static void rbd_dev_parent_put(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
  * If an image has a non-zero parent overlap, get a reference to its
  * parent.
  *
- * We must get the reference before checking for the overlap to
- * coordinate properly with zeroing the parent overlap in
- * rbd_dev_v2_parent_info() when an image gets flattened.  We
- * drop it again if there is no overlap.
- *
  * Returns true if the rbd device has a parent with a non-zero
  * overlap and a reference for it was successfully taken, or
  * false otherwise.
  */
 static bool rbd_dev_parent_get(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 {
-	int counter;
+	int counter = 0;
 
 	if (!rbd_dev->parent_spec)
 		return false;
 
-	counter = atomic_inc_return_safe(&rbd_dev->parent_ref);
-	if (counter > 0 && rbd_dev->parent_overlap)
-		return true;
-
-	/* Image was flattened, but parent is not yet torn down */
+	down_read(&rbd_dev->header_rwsem);
+	if (rbd_dev->parent_overlap)
+		counter = atomic_inc_return_safe(&rbd_dev->parent_ref);
+	up_read(&rbd_dev->header_rwsem);
 
 	if (counter < 0)
 		rbd_warn(rbd_dev, "parent reference overflow");
 
-	return false;
+	return counter > 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4239,7 +4233,6 @@ static int rbd_dev_v2_parent_info(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 		 */
 		if (rbd_dev->parent_overlap) {
 			rbd_dev->parent_overlap = 0;
-			smp_mb();
 			rbd_dev_parent_put(rbd_dev);
 			pr_info("%s: clone image has been flattened\n",
 				rbd_dev->disk->disk_name);
@@ -4285,7 +4278,6 @@ static int rbd_dev_v2_parent_info(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 	 * treat it specially.
 	 */
 	rbd_dev->parent_overlap = overlap;
-	smp_mb();
 	if (!overlap) {
 
 		/* A null parent_spec indicates it's the initial probe */