diff --git a/fs/afs/mntpt.c b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
index 2f5503902c3757d469e594bd4d72400b35444939..78db4953a80047847b2d6098ca0c8bf4b30a76ef 100644
--- a/fs/afs/mntpt.c
+++ b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static void *afs_mntpt_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	}
 
 	mntget(newmnt);
-	err = do_add_mount(newmnt, nd, MNT_SHRINKABLE, &afs_vfsmounts);
+	err = do_add_mount(newmnt, &nd->path, MNT_SHRINKABLE, &afs_vfsmounts);
 	switch (err) {
 	case 0:
 		path_put(&nd->path);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
index d82374c9e3296d737a0aba07ea2c08d1acd0ee20..d2c8eef84f3c7c805d8a484115ae090bc56e8920 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int add_mount_helper(struct vfsmount *newmnt, struct nameidata *nd,
 	int err;
 
 	mntget(newmnt);
-	err = do_add_mount(newmnt, nd, nd->path.mnt->mnt_flags, mntlist);
+	err = do_add_mount(newmnt, &nd->path, nd->path.mnt->mnt_flags, mntlist);
 	switch (err) {
 	case 0:
 		path_put(&nd->path);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 411728c0c8bb2b0ee1248d95106c32c1ad4ef36b..6e283c93b50dad95a723633b8f257c6d7dccefb7 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1667,31 +1667,31 @@ static noinline int do_new_mount(struct nameidata *nd, char *type, int flags,
 	if (IS_ERR(mnt))
 		return PTR_ERR(mnt);
 
-	return do_add_mount(mnt, nd, mnt_flags, NULL);
+	return do_add_mount(mnt, &nd->path, mnt_flags, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
  * add a mount into a namespace's mount tree
  * - provide the option of adding the new mount to an expiration list
  */
-int do_add_mount(struct vfsmount *newmnt, struct nameidata *nd,
+int do_add_mount(struct vfsmount *newmnt, struct path *path,
 		 int mnt_flags, struct list_head *fslist)
 {
 	int err;
 
 	down_write(&namespace_sem);
 	/* Something was mounted here while we slept */
-	while (d_mountpoint(nd->path.dentry) &&
-	       follow_down(&nd->path.mnt, &nd->path.dentry))
+	while (d_mountpoint(path->dentry) &&
+	       follow_down(&path->mnt, &path->dentry))
 		;
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (!check_mnt(nd->path.mnt))
+	if (!check_mnt(path->mnt))
 		goto unlock;
 
 	/* Refuse the same filesystem on the same mount point */
 	err = -EBUSY;
-	if (nd->path.mnt->mnt_sb == newmnt->mnt_sb &&
-	    nd->path.mnt->mnt_root == nd->path.dentry)
+	if (path->mnt->mnt_sb == newmnt->mnt_sb &&
+	    path->mnt->mnt_root == path->dentry)
 		goto unlock;
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ int do_add_mount(struct vfsmount *newmnt, struct nameidata *nd,
 		goto unlock;
 
 	newmnt->mnt_flags = mnt_flags;
-	if ((err = graft_tree(newmnt, &nd->path)))
+	if ((err = graft_tree(newmnt, path)))
 		goto unlock;
 
 	if (fslist) /* add to the specified expiration list */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index 2f285ef76399f227283146fc15d05a30508f6dbd..66df08dd1cafbb41cdbb7864128b0920e0c8dbd3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static void * nfs_follow_mountpoint(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 		goto out_err;
 
 	mntget(mnt);
-	err = do_add_mount(mnt, nd, nd->path.mnt->mnt_flags|MNT_SHRINKABLE,
+	err = do_add_mount(mnt, &nd->path, nd->path.mnt->mnt_flags|MNT_SHRINKABLE,
 			   &nfs_automount_list);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		mntput(mnt);
diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
index b5efaa2132ab2ff79b624e09ab7eba0adcd18a04..30a1d63b6fb5cb37574935ff33c121c6526d111d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/mount.h
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ extern struct vfsmount *vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type,
 
 struct nameidata;
 
-extern int do_add_mount(struct vfsmount *newmnt, struct nameidata *nd,
+struct path;
+extern int do_add_mount(struct vfsmount *newmnt, struct path *path,
 			int mnt_flags, struct list_head *fslist);
 
 extern void mark_mounts_for_expiry(struct list_head *mounts);