diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 2f730ef9b4b3da78afd6a830c13c7ba13c706ffe..4b491b4319905b2dd6698d3f58aae1d0d0141499 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ static bool __follow_mount_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 			return false;
 
 		if (!d_mountpoint(path->dentry))
-			break;
+			return true;
 
 		mounted = __lookup_mnt(path->mnt, path->dentry);
 		if (!mounted)
@@ -1125,20 +1125,7 @@ static bool __follow_mount_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 		 */
 		*inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	}
-	return true;
-}
-
-static void follow_mount_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	while (d_mountpoint(nd->path.dentry)) {
-		struct mount *mounted;
-		mounted = __lookup_mnt(nd->path.mnt, nd->path.dentry);
-		if (!mounted)
-			break;
-		nd->path.mnt = &mounted->mnt;
-		nd->path.dentry = mounted->mnt.mnt_root;
-		nd->seq = read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
-	}
+	return read_seqretry(&mount_lock, nd->m_seq);
 }
 
 static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
@@ -1166,7 +1153,17 @@ static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 			break;
 		nd->seq = read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
 	}
-	follow_mount_rcu(nd);
+	while (d_mountpoint(nd->path.dentry)) {
+		struct mount *mounted;
+		mounted = __lookup_mnt(nd->path.mnt, nd->path.dentry);
+		if (!mounted)
+			break;
+		nd->path.mnt = &mounted->mnt;
+		nd->path.dentry = mounted->mnt.mnt_root;
+		nd->seq = read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
+		if (!read_seqretry(&mount_lock, nd->m_seq))
+			goto failed;
+	}
 	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 	return 0;