diff --git a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
index 9b2f4e6eb8ebdb38aa3f1f0022684ab0621fd8b0..f05fc49b8242c108762d700b7a54bbcce08d3536 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
@@ -71,13 +71,7 @@ void fsnotify_clear_inode_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_inode_mark(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 					       struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct fsnotify_mark *mark;
-
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	mark = fsnotify_find_mark(inode->i_fsnotify_marks, group);
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-
-	return mark;
+	return fsnotify_find_mark(inode->i_fsnotify_marks, group);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index 06faf166c7aecbccb8589c52b72f1d08d963409a..0830e0af997a5df9ce67469a7112b8fc483ae3d4 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -485,16 +485,24 @@ struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn,
 					 struct fsnotify_group *group)
 {
 	struct fsnotify_mark *mark;
+	spinlock_t *lock;
 
 	if (!conn)
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (conn->flags & FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE)
+		lock = &conn->inode->i_lock;
+	else
+		lock = &conn->mnt->mnt_root->d_lock;
+	spin_lock(lock);
 	hlist_for_each_entry(mark, &conn->list, obj_list) {
 		if (mark->group == group) {
 			fsnotify_get_mark(mark);
+			spin_unlock(lock);
 			return mark;
 		}
 	}
+	spin_unlock(lock);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c b/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
index ffe0d7098cbaca7b8747db5ffc0e0249e8ffd44b..3476ee44b2c5a3783bc7c01a9af484777bf51d1b 100644
--- a/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@ struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_vfsmount_mark(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 						  struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	struct mount *m = real_mount(mnt);
-	struct fsnotify_mark *mark;
 
-	spin_lock(&mnt->mnt_root->d_lock);
-	mark = fsnotify_find_mark(m->mnt_fsnotify_marks, group);
-	spin_unlock(&mnt->mnt_root->d_lock);
-
-	return mark;
+	return fsnotify_find_mark(m->mnt_fsnotify_marks, group);
 }