diff --git a/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h b/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
index 9474cd50da6d..361595433480 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ struct exfat_sb_info {
 
 	spinlock_t inode_hash_lock;
 	struct hlist_head inode_hashtable[EXFAT_HASH_SIZE];
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
 #define EXFAT_CACHE_VALID	0
diff --git a/fs/exfat/nls.c b/fs/exfat/nls.c
index 705710f93e2d..afdf13c34ff5 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/nls.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/nls.c
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ static int exfat_load_upcase_table(struct super_block *sb,
 	unsigned int sect_size = sb->s_blocksize;
 	unsigned int i, index = 0;
 	u32 chksum = 0;
-	int ret;
 	unsigned char skip = false;
 	unsigned short *upcase_table;
 
@@ -673,8 +672,7 @@ static int exfat_load_upcase_table(struct super_block *sb,
 		if (!bh) {
 			exfat_err(sb, "failed to read sector(0x%llx)",
 				  (unsigned long long)sector);
-			ret = -EIO;
-			goto free_table;
+			return -EIO;
 		}
 		sector++;
 		for (i = 0; i < sect_size && index <= 0xFFFF; i += 2) {
@@ -701,15 +699,12 @@ static int exfat_load_upcase_table(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	exfat_err(sb, "failed to load upcase table (idx : 0x%08x, chksum : 0x%08x, utbl_chksum : 0x%08x)",
 		  index, chksum, utbl_checksum);
-	ret = -EINVAL;
-free_table:
-	exfat_free_upcase_table(sbi);
-	return ret;
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 static int exfat_load_default_upcase_table(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	int i, ret = -EIO;
+	int i;
 	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = EXFAT_SB(sb);
 	unsigned char skip = false;
 	unsigned short uni = 0, *upcase_table;
@@ -740,8 +735,7 @@ static int exfat_load_default_upcase_table(struct super_block *sb)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* FATAL error: default upcase table has error */
-	exfat_free_upcase_table(sbi);
-	return ret;
+	return -EIO;
 }
 
 int exfat_create_upcase_table(struct super_block *sb)
diff --git a/fs/exfat/super.c b/fs/exfat/super.c
index d9d4fa91010b..fcb658267765 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/super.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/super.c
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ static void exfat_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	exfat_free_bitmap(sbi);
 	brelse(sbi->boot_bh);
 	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
-
-	unload_nls(sbi->nls_io);
-	exfat_free_upcase_table(sbi);
 }
 
 static int exfat_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
@@ -600,7 +597,7 @@ static int __exfat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	ret = exfat_load_bitmap(sb);
 	if (ret) {
 		exfat_err(sb, "failed to load alloc-bitmap");
-		goto free_upcase_table;
+		goto free_bh;
 	}
 
 	ret = exfat_count_used_clusters(sb, &sbi->used_clusters);
@@ -613,8 +610,6 @@ static int __exfat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 free_alloc_bitmap:
 	exfat_free_bitmap(sbi);
-free_upcase_table:
-	exfat_free_upcase_table(sbi);
 free_bh:
 	brelse(sbi->boot_bh);
 	return ret;
@@ -701,12 +696,10 @@ put_inode:
 	sb->s_root = NULL;
 
 free_table:
-	exfat_free_upcase_table(sbi);
 	exfat_free_bitmap(sbi);
 	brelse(sbi->boot_bh);
 
 check_nls_io:
-	unload_nls(sbi->nls_io);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -771,13 +764,22 @@ static int exfat_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void delayed_free(struct rcu_head *p)
+{
+	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = container_of(p, struct exfat_sb_info, rcu);
+
+	unload_nls(sbi->nls_io);
+	exfat_free_upcase_table(sbi);
+	exfat_free_sbi(sbi);
+}
+
 static void exfat_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = sb->s_fs_info;
 
 	kill_block_super(sb);
 	if (sbi)
-		exfat_free_sbi(sbi);
+		call_rcu(&sbi->rcu, delayed_free);
 }
 
 static struct file_system_type exfat_fs_type = {