diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index e3ce18d91aad69dd2244c779dee5bc64570565c6..678f7ce060f2d69addc3af5110f6048b322dead7 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
  */
 int __mnt_is_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	return (mnt->mnt_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY);
+	if (mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_READONLY)
+		return 1;
+	if (mnt->mnt_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__mnt_is_readonly);
 
@@ -305,7 +309,7 @@ void mnt_drop_write(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_drop_write);
 
-int mnt_make_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+static int mnt_make_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -318,15 +322,25 @@ int mnt_make_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	/*
-	 * actually set mount's r/o flag here to make
-	 * __mnt_is_readonly() true, which keeps anyone
-	 * from doing a successful mnt_want_write().
+	 * nobody can do a successful mnt_want_write() with all
+	 * of the counts in MNT_DENIED_WRITE and the locks held.
 	 */
+	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	if (!ret)
+		mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_READONLY;
+	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
 out:
 	unlock_mnt_writers();
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void __mnt_unmake_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	mnt->mnt_flags &= ~MNT_READONLY;
+	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+}
+
 int simple_set_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	mnt->mnt_sb = sb;
@@ -693,7 +707,7 @@ static int show_vfsmnt(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		seq_putc(m, '.');
 		mangle(m, mnt->mnt_sb->s_subtype);
 	}
-	seq_puts(m, mnt->mnt_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY ? " ro" : " rw");
+	seq_puts(m, __mnt_is_readonly(mnt) ? " ro" : " rw");
 	for (fs_infop = fs_info; fs_infop->flag; fs_infop++) {
 		if (mnt->mnt_sb->s_flags & fs_infop->flag)
 			seq_puts(m, fs_infop->str);
@@ -1295,6 +1309,23 @@ static noinline int do_loopback(struct nameidata *nd, char *old_name,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int change_mount_flags(struct vfsmount *mnt, int ms_flags)
+{
+	int error = 0;
+	int readonly_request = 0;
+
+	if (ms_flags & MS_RDONLY)
+		readonly_request = 1;
+	if (readonly_request == __mnt_is_readonly(mnt))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (readonly_request)
+		error = mnt_make_readonly(mnt);
+	else
+		__mnt_unmake_readonly(mnt);
+	return error;
+}
+
 /*
  * change filesystem flags. dir should be a physical root of filesystem.
  * If you've mounted a non-root directory somewhere and want to do remount
@@ -1317,7 +1348,10 @@ static noinline int do_remount(struct nameidata *nd, int flags, int mnt_flags,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	down_write(&sb->s_umount);
-	err = do_remount_sb(sb, flags, data, 0);
+	if (flags & MS_BIND)
+		err = change_mount_flags(nd->path.mnt, flags);
+	else
+		err = do_remount_sb(sb, flags, data, 0);
 	if (!err)
 		nd->path.mnt->mnt_flags = mnt_flags;
 	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
@@ -1701,6 +1735,8 @@ long do_mount(char *dev_name, char *dir_name, char *type_page,
 		mnt_flags |= MNT_NODIRATIME;
 	if (flags & MS_RELATIME)
 		mnt_flags |= MNT_RELATIME;
+	if (flags & MS_RDONLY)
+		mnt_flags |= MNT_READONLY;
 
 	flags &= ~(MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC | MS_NODEV | MS_ACTIVE |
 		   MS_NOATIME | MS_NODIRATIME | MS_RELATIME| MS_KERNMOUNT);
diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
index 8c8e94369ac8ba096d67c2cc1d85ec97127b6956..d6600e3f7e4579e6cb8f476bac437c2c035b2573 100644
--- a/include/linux/mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/mount.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct mnt_namespace;
 #define MNT_NOATIME	0x08
 #define MNT_NODIRATIME	0x10
 #define MNT_RELATIME	0x20
+#define MNT_READONLY	0x40	/* does the user want this to be r/o? */
 
 #define MNT_SHRINKABLE	0x100
 #define MNT_IMBALANCED_WRITE_COUNT	0x200 /* just for debugging */