diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 769903dbc19d..95d71eda8142 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1336,8 +1336,11 @@ int d_set_mounted(struct dentry *dentry)
 	}
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (!d_unlinked(dentry)) {
-		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_MOUNTED;
-		ret = 0;
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		if (!d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
+			dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_MOUNTED;
+			ret = 0;
+		}
 	}
  	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index b5b1259e064f..487ba30bb5c6 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -742,26 +742,50 @@ static struct mountpoint *lookup_mountpoint(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct mountpoint *new_mountpoint(struct dentry *dentry)
+static struct mountpoint *get_mountpoint(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct hlist_head *chain = mp_hash(dentry);
-	struct mountpoint *mp;
+	struct mountpoint *mp, *new = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
-	mp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mountpoint), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mp)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	ret = d_set_mounted(dentry);
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(mp);
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	if (d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
+mountpoint:
+		read_seqlock_excl(&mount_lock);
+		mp = lookup_mountpoint(dentry);
+		read_sequnlock_excl(&mount_lock);
+		if (mp)
+			goto done;
 	}
 
-	mp->m_dentry = dentry;
-	mp->m_count = 1;
-	hlist_add_head(&mp->m_hash, chain);
-	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&mp->m_list);
+	if (!new)
+		new = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mountpoint), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+
+	/* Exactly one processes may set d_mounted */
+	ret = d_set_mounted(dentry);
+
+	/* Someone else set d_mounted? */
+	if (ret == -EBUSY)
+		goto mountpoint;
+
+	/* The dentry is not available as a mountpoint? */
+	mp = ERR_PTR(ret);
+	if (ret)
+		goto done;
+
+	/* Add the new mountpoint to the hash table */
+	read_seqlock_excl(&mount_lock);
+	new->m_dentry = dentry;
+	new->m_count = 1;
+	hlist_add_head(&new->m_hash, mp_hash(dentry));
+	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&new->m_list);
+	read_sequnlock_excl(&mount_lock);
+
+	mp = new;
+	new = NULL;
+done:
+	kfree(new);
 	return mp;
 }
 
@@ -1595,11 +1619,11 @@ void __detach_mounts(struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct mount *mnt;
 
 	namespace_lock();
+	lock_mount_hash();
 	mp = lookup_mountpoint(dentry);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mp))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	lock_mount_hash();
 	event++;
 	while (!hlist_empty(&mp->m_list)) {
 		mnt = hlist_entry(mp->m_list.first, struct mount, mnt_mp_list);
@@ -1609,9 +1633,9 @@ void __detach_mounts(struct dentry *dentry)
 		}
 		else umount_tree(mnt, UMOUNT_CONNECTED);
 	}
-	unlock_mount_hash();
 	put_mountpoint(mp);
 out_unlock:
+	unlock_mount_hash();
 	namespace_unlock();
 }
 
@@ -2038,9 +2062,7 @@ static struct mountpoint *lock_mount(struct path *path)
 	namespace_lock();
 	mnt = lookup_mnt(path);
 	if (likely(!mnt)) {
-		struct mountpoint *mp = lookup_mountpoint(dentry);
-		if (!mp)
-			mp = new_mountpoint(dentry);
+		struct mountpoint *mp = get_mountpoint(dentry);
 		if (IS_ERR(mp)) {
 			namespace_unlock();
 			inode_unlock(dentry->d_inode);
@@ -2059,7 +2081,11 @@ static struct mountpoint *lock_mount(struct path *path)
 static void unlock_mount(struct mountpoint *where)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = where->m_dentry;
+
+	read_seqlock_excl(&mount_lock);
 	put_mountpoint(where);
+	read_sequnlock_excl(&mount_lock);
+
 	namespace_unlock();
 	inode_unlock(dentry->d_inode);
 }
@@ -3135,9 +3161,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pivot_root, const char __user *, new_root,
 	touch_mnt_namespace(current->nsproxy->mnt_ns);
 	/* A moved mount should not expire automatically */
 	list_del_init(&new_mnt->mnt_expire);
+	put_mountpoint(root_mp);
 	unlock_mount_hash();
 	chroot_fs_refs(&root, &new);
-	put_mountpoint(root_mp);
 	error = 0;
 out4:
 	unlock_mount(old_mp);