diff --git a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
index 40c69f91dc0ae6f41ca355c80b85a14a5e977cd6..afacdaa8dd5a203aecc052f9b782e58632dae653 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static int autofs_dev_ioctl_ismountpoint(struct file *fp,
 
 		devid = new_encode_dev(dev);
 
-		err = have_submounts(path.dentry);
+		err = path_has_submounts(&path);
 
 		if (follow_down_one(&path))
 			magic = path.dentry->d_sb->s_magic;
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 9355608cb49519664ef11228ef1a85c2b8c421df..ce4e6216a5f0aa32ecdace8cd9dee0cacff5458c 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -384,16 +384,16 @@ static struct vfsmount *autofs4_d_automount(struct path *path)
 		/*
 		 * It's possible that user space hasn't removed directories
 		 * after umounting a rootless multi-mount, although it
-		 * should. For v5 have_submounts() is sufficient to handle
-		 * this because the leaves of the directory tree under the
-		 * mount never trigger mounts themselves (they have an autofs
-		 * trigger mount mounted on them). But v4 pseudo direct mounts
-		 * do need the leaves to trigger mounts. In this case we
-		 * have no choice but to use the list_empty() check and
+		 * should. For v5 path_has_submounts() is sufficient to
+		 * handle this because the leaves of the directory tree under
+		 * the mount never trigger mounts themselves (they have an
+		 * autofs trigger mount mounted on them). But v4 pseudo direct
+		 * mounts do need the leaves to trigger mounts. In this case
+		 * we have no choice but to use the list_empty() check and
 		 * require user space behave.
 		 */
 		if (sbi->version > 4) {
-			if (have_submounts(dentry)) {
+			if (path_has_submounts(path)) {
 				spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 				goto done;
 			}
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index 38ef973f80e9b11664c9d3055c22c24d1e054b97..1278335ce366da6d899ce76017a6f94fc6b17d78 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -250,8 +250,9 @@ autofs4_find_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, const struct qstr *qstr)
 static int validate_request(struct autofs_wait_queue **wait,
 			    struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 			    const struct qstr *qstr,
-			    struct dentry *dentry, enum autofs_notify notify)
+			    const struct path *path, enum autofs_notify notify)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
 	struct autofs_wait_queue *wq;
 	struct autofs_info *ino;
 
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ static int validate_request(struct autofs_wait_queue **wait,
 	 */
 	if (notify == NFY_MOUNT) {
 		struct dentry *new = NULL;
+		struct path this;
 		int valid = 1;
 
 		/*
@@ -333,7 +335,9 @@ static int validate_request(struct autofs_wait_queue **wait,
 					dentry = new;
 			}
 		}
-		if (have_submounts(dentry))
+		this.mnt = path->mnt;
+		this.dentry = dentry;
+		if (path_has_submounts(&this))
 			valid = 0;
 
 		if (new)
@@ -406,7 +410,7 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 		return -EINTR;
 	}
 
-	ret = validate_request(&wq, sbi, &qstr, dentry, notify);
+	ret = validate_request(&wq, sbi, &qstr, path, notify);
 	if (ret <= 0) {
 		if (ret != -EINTR)
 			mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);