diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index ab467ee58341..1ad4e5acef06 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1397,6 +1397,17 @@ struct vfsmount *mntget(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mntget);
 
+/*
+ * Make a mount point inaccessible to new lookups.
+ * Because there may still be current users, the caller MUST WAIT
+ * for an RCU grace period before destroying the mount point.
+ */
+void mnt_make_shortterm(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	if (mnt)
+		real_mount(mnt)->mnt_ns = NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * path_is_mountpoint() - Check if path is a mount in the current namespace.
  * @path: path to check
@@ -4573,8 +4584,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kern_mount);
 void kern_unmount(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	/* release long term mount so mount point can be released */
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mnt)) {
-		real_mount(mnt)->mnt_ns = NULL;
+	if (!IS_ERR(mnt)) {
+		mnt_make_shortterm(mnt);
 		synchronize_rcu();	/* yecchhh... */
 		mntput(mnt);
 	}
@@ -4586,8 +4597,7 @@ void kern_unmount_array(struct vfsmount *mnt[], unsigned int num)
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
-		if (mnt[i])
-			real_mount(mnt[i])->mnt_ns = NULL;
+		mnt_make_shortterm(mnt[i]);
 	synchronize_rcu_expedited();
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
 		mntput(mnt[i]);
diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
index 62475996fac6..ec55a031aa8c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/mount.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ extern void mnt_drop_write(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern void mnt_drop_write_file(struct file *file);
 extern void mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern struct vfsmount *mntget(struct vfsmount *mnt);
+extern void mnt_make_shortterm(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern struct vfsmount *mnt_clone_internal(const struct path *path);
 extern bool __mnt_is_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern bool mnt_may_suid(struct vfsmount *mnt);
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index d09aa1c1e3e6..6c5bf7cce7fe 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1709,11 +1709,6 @@ void mq_clear_sbinfo(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 	ns->mq_mnt->mnt_sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 }
 
-void mq_put_mnt(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
-{
-	kern_unmount(ns->mq_mnt);
-}
-
 static int __init init_mqueue_fs(void)
 {
 	int error;
diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c
index a26860a41dac..6ecc30effd3e 100644
--- a/ipc/namespace.c
+++ b/ipc/namespace.c
@@ -145,10 +145,11 @@ void free_ipcs(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_ids *ids,
 
 static void free_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
-	/* mq_put_mnt() waits for a grace period as kern_unmount()
-	 * uses synchronize_rcu().
+	/*
+	 * Caller needs to wait for an RCU grace period to have passed
+	 * after making the mount point inaccessible to new accesses.
 	 */
-	mq_put_mnt(ns);
+	mntput(ns->mq_mnt);
 	sem_exit_ns(ns);
 	msg_exit_ns(ns);
 	shm_exit_ns(ns);
@@ -168,6 +169,12 @@ static void free_ipc(struct work_struct *unused)
 	struct llist_node *node = llist_del_all(&free_ipc_list);
 	struct ipc_namespace *n, *t;
 
+	llist_for_each_entry_safe(n, t, node, mnt_llist)
+		mnt_make_shortterm(n->mq_mnt);
+
+	/* Wait for any last users to have gone away. */
+	synchronize_rcu();
+
 	llist_for_each_entry_safe(n, t, node, mnt_llist)
 		free_ipc_ns(n);
 }
diff --git a/ipc/util.h b/ipc/util.h
index b2906e366539..67bdd2aa2c28 100644
--- a/ipc/util.h
+++ b/ipc/util.h
@@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ struct pid_namespace;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE
 extern void mq_clear_sbinfo(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
-extern void mq_put_mnt(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
 #else
 static inline void mq_clear_sbinfo(struct ipc_namespace *ns) { }
-static inline void mq_put_mnt(struct ipc_namespace *ns) { }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC