diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 786fe7d72790ac5646197224fc2af88222dade0a..a9dc4c33ef4dd6d1c1e2aa3ffda48192ce0967d5 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -207,6 +207,34 @@ void deactivate_super(struct super_block *s)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(deactivate_super);
 
+/**
+ *	deactivate_locked_super	-	drop an active reference to superblock
+ *	@s: superblock to deactivate
+ *
+ *	Equivalent of up_write(&s->s_umount); deactivate_super(s);, except that
+ *	it does not unlock it until it's all over.  As the result, it's safe to
+ *	use to dispose of new superblock on ->get_sb() failure exits - nobody
+ *	will see the sucker until it's all over.  Equivalent using up_write +
+ *	deactivate_super is safe for that purpose only if superblock is either
+ *	safe to use or has NULL ->s_root when we unlock.
+ */
+void deactivate_locked_super(struct super_block *s)
+{
+	struct file_system_type *fs = s->s_type;
+	if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&s->s_active, &sb_lock)) {
+		s->s_count -= S_BIAS-1;
+		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+		vfs_dq_off(s, 0);
+		fs->kill_sb(s);
+		put_filesystem(fs);
+		put_super(s);
+	} else {
+		up_write(&s->s_umount);
+	}
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(deactivate_locked_super);
+
 /**
  *	grab_super - acquire an active reference
  *	@s: reference we are trying to make active
@@ -797,8 +825,7 @@ int get_sb_ns(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags, void *data,
 		sb->s_flags = flags;
 		err = fill_super(sb, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 		if (err) {
-			up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(sb);
+			deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 			return err;
 		}
 
@@ -854,8 +881,7 @@ int get_sb_bdev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 
 	if (s->s_root) {
 		if ((flags ^ s->s_flags) & MS_RDONLY) {
-			up_write(&s->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(s);
+			deactivate_locked_super(s);
 			error = -EBUSY;
 			goto error_bdev;
 		}
@@ -870,8 +896,7 @@ int get_sb_bdev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		sb_set_blocksize(s, block_size(bdev));
 		error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 		if (error) {
-			up_write(&s->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(s);
+			deactivate_locked_super(s);
 			goto error;
 		}
 
@@ -921,8 +946,7 @@ int get_sb_nodev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 
 	error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 	if (error) {
-		up_write(&s->s_umount);
-		deactivate_super(s);
+		deactivate_locked_super(s);
 		return error;
 	}
 	s->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
@@ -952,8 +976,7 @@ int get_sb_single(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		s->s_flags = flags;
 		error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 		if (error) {
-			up_write(&s->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(s);
+			deactivate_locked_super(s);
 			return error;
 		}
 		s->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
@@ -1006,8 +1029,7 @@ vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, const char *name, void
 	return mnt;
 out_sb:
 	dput(mnt->mnt_root);
-	up_write(&mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(mnt->mnt_sb);
+	deactivate_locked_super(mnt->mnt_sb);
 out_free_secdata:
 	free_secdata(secdata);
 out_mnt:
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 5bed436f4353978d8cbc19c3efa0ce2c11d87083..11484d08042c4952883c1197e17e870998de2055 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1775,6 +1775,7 @@ void kill_block_super(struct super_block *sb);
 void kill_anon_super(struct super_block *sb);
 void kill_litter_super(struct super_block *sb);
 void deactivate_super(struct super_block *sb);
+void deactivate_locked_super(struct super_block *sb);
 int set_anon_super(struct super_block *s, void *data);
 struct super_block *sget(struct file_system_type *type,
 			int (*test)(struct super_block *,void *),