diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index db6565c99825..626eddb33508 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1208,11 +1208,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_up);
  * - return -EISDIR to tell follow_managed() to stop and return the path we
  *   were called with.
  */
-static int follow_automount(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd,
-			    bool *need_mntput)
+static int follow_automount(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
-	int err;
 
 	if (!path->dentry->d_op || !path->dentry->d_op->d_automount)
 		return -EREMOTE;
@@ -1253,29 +1251,10 @@ static int follow_automount(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd,
 		return PTR_ERR(mnt);
 	}
 
-	if (!mnt) /* mount collision */
+	if (!mnt)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!*need_mntput) {
-		/* lock_mount() may release path->mnt on error */
-		mntget(path->mnt);
-		*need_mntput = true;
-	}
-	err = finish_automount(mnt, path);
-
-	switch (err) {
-	case -EBUSY:
-		/* Someone else made a mount here whilst we were busy */
-		return 0;
-	case 0:
-		path_put(path);
-		path->mnt = mnt;
-		path->dentry = dget(mnt->mnt_root);
-		return 0;
-	default:
-		return err;
-	}
-
+	return finish_automount(mnt, path);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1333,7 +1312,7 @@ static int follow_managed(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
 
 		/* Handle an automount point */
 		if (flags & DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT) {
-			ret = follow_automount(path, nd, &need_mntput);
+			ret = follow_automount(path, nd);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				break;
 			continue;
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index dcd015fafe01..777c3116e62e 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2823,6 +2823,7 @@ static int do_new_mount(struct path *path, const char *fstype, int sb_flags,
 
 int finish_automount(struct vfsmount *m, struct path *path)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
 	struct mount *mnt = real_mount(m);
 	struct mountpoint *mp;
 	int err;
@@ -2832,21 +2833,46 @@ int finish_automount(struct vfsmount *m, struct path *path)
 	BUG_ON(mnt_get_count(mnt) < 2);
 
 	if (m->mnt_sb == path->mnt->mnt_sb &&
-	    m->mnt_root == path->dentry) {
+	    m->mnt_root == dentry) {
 		err = -ELOOP;
-		goto fail;
+		goto discard;
 	}
 
-	mp = lock_mount(path);
+	/*
+	 * we don't want to use lock_mount() - in this case finding something
+	 * that overmounts our mountpoint to be means "quitely drop what we've
+	 * got", not "try to mount it on top".
+	 */
+	inode_lock(dentry->d_inode);
+	namespace_lock();
+	if (unlikely(cant_mount(dentry))) {
+		err = -ENOENT;
+		goto discard_locked;
+	}
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (unlikely(__lookup_mnt(path->mnt, dentry))) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		err = 0;
+		goto discard_locked;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	mp = get_mountpoint(dentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(mp)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(mp);
-		goto fail;
+		goto discard_locked;
 	}
+
 	err = do_add_mount(mnt, mp, path, path->mnt->mnt_flags | MNT_SHRINKABLE);
 	unlock_mount(mp);
-	if (!err)
-		return 0;
-fail:
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		goto discard;
+	mntput(m);
+	return 0;
+
+discard_locked:
+	namespace_unlock();
+	inode_unlock(dentry->d_inode);
+discard:
 	/* remove m from any expiration list it may be on */
 	if (!list_empty(&mnt->mnt_expire)) {
 		namespace_lock();