diff --git a/fs/ubifs/gc.c b/fs/ubifs/gc.c
index d0f3dac29081..13f1019c859f 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/gc.c
@@ -344,6 +344,12 @@ int ubifs_garbage_collect_leb(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_lprops *lp)
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 
+		/* Allow for races with TNC */
+		c->gced_lnum = lnum;
+		smp_wmb();
+		c->gc_seq += 1;
+		smp_wmb();
+
 		if (c->gc_lnum == -1) {
 			c->gc_lnum = lnum;
 			err = LEB_RETAINED;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/misc.h b/fs/ubifs/misc.h
index 87dabf9fe742..87ced4c74a61 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/misc.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/misc.h
@@ -325,4 +325,21 @@ static inline struct timespec ubifs_current_time(struct inode *inode)
 		current_fs_time(inode->i_sb) : CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ubifs_tnc_lookup - look up a file-system node.
+ * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
+ * @key: node key to lookup
+ * @node: the node is returned here
+ *
+ * This function look up and reads node with key @key. The caller has to make
+ * sure the @node buffer is large enough to fit the node. Returns zero in case
+ * of success, %-ENOENT if the node was not found, and a negative error code in
+ * case of failure.
+ */
+static inline int ubifs_tnc_lookup(struct ubifs_info *c,
+				   const union ubifs_key *key, void *node)
+{
+	return ubifs_tnc_locate(c, key, node, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
 #endif /* __UBIFS_MISC_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
index 4fbc5921688f..7da209ab9378 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int fallible_read_node(struct ubifs_info *c, const union ubifs_key *key,
 		if (keys_cmp(c, key, &node_key) != 0)
 			ret = 0;
 	}
-	if (ret == 0)
+	if (ret == 0 && c->replaying)
 		dbg_mnt("dangling branch LEB %d:%d len %d, key %s",
 			zbr->lnum, zbr->offs, zbr->len, DBGKEY(key));
 	return ret;
@@ -1382,50 +1382,39 @@ static int lookup_level0_dirty(struct ubifs_info *c, const union ubifs_key *key,
 }
 
 /**
- * ubifs_tnc_lookup - look up a file-system node.
+ * maybe_leb_gced - determine if a LEB may have been garbage collected.
  * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
- * @key: node key to lookup
- * @node: the node is returned here
+ * @lnum: LEB number
+ * @gc_seq1: garbage collection sequence number
  *
- * This function look up and reads node with key @key. The caller has to make
- * sure the @node buffer is large enough to fit the node. Returns zero in case
- * of success, %-ENOENT if the node was not found, and a negative error code in
- * case of failure.
+ * This function determines if @lnum may have been garbage collected since
+ * sequence number @gc_seq1. If it may have been then %1 is returned, otherwise
+ * %0 is returned.
  */
-int ubifs_tnc_lookup(struct ubifs_info *c, const union ubifs_key *key,
-		     void *node)
+static int maybe_leb_gced(struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum, int gc_seq1)
 {
-	int found, n, err;
-	struct ubifs_znode *znode;
-	struct ubifs_zbranch zbr, *zt;
+	int gc_seq2, gced_lnum;
 
-	mutex_lock(&c->tnc_mutex);
-	found = ubifs_lookup_level0(c, key, &znode, &n);
-	if (!found) {
-		err = -ENOENT;
-		goto out;
-	} else if (found < 0) {
-		err = found;
-		goto out;
-	}
-	zt = &znode->zbranch[n];
-	if (is_hash_key(c, key)) {
-		/*
-		 * In this case the leaf node cache gets used, so we pass the
-		 * address of the zbranch and keep the mutex locked
-		 */
-		err = tnc_read_node_nm(c, zt, node);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	zbr = znode->zbranch[n];
-	mutex_unlock(&c->tnc_mutex);
-
-	err = ubifs_tnc_read_node(c, &zbr, node);
-	return err;
-
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&c->tnc_mutex);
-	return err;
+	gced_lnum = c->gced_lnum;
+	smp_rmb();
+	gc_seq2 = c->gc_seq;
+	/* Same seq means no GC */
+	if (gc_seq1 == gc_seq2)
+		return 0;
+	/* Different by more than 1 means we don't know */
+	if (gc_seq1 + 1 != gc_seq2)
+		return 1;
+	/*
+	 * We have seen the sequence number has increased by 1. Now we need to
+	 * be sure we read the right LEB number, so read it again.
+	 */
+	smp_rmb();
+	if (gced_lnum != c->gced_lnum)
+		return 1;
+	/* Finally we can check lnum */
+	if (gced_lnum == lnum)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1436,16 +1425,19 @@ out:
  * @lnum: LEB number is returned here
  * @offs: offset is returned here
  *
- * This function is the same as 'ubifs_tnc_lookup()' but it returns the node
- * location also. See 'ubifs_tnc_lookup()'.
+ * This function look up and reads node with key @key. The caller has to make
+ * sure the @node buffer is large enough to fit the node. Returns zero in case
+ * of success, %-ENOENT if the node was not found, and a negative error code in
+ * case of failure. The node location can be returned in @lnum and @offs.
  */
 int ubifs_tnc_locate(struct ubifs_info *c, const union ubifs_key *key,
 		     void *node, int *lnum, int *offs)
 {
-	int found, n, err;
+	int found, n, err, safely = 0, gc_seq1;
 	struct ubifs_znode *znode;
 	struct ubifs_zbranch zbr, *zt;
 
+again:
 	mutex_lock(&c->tnc_mutex);
 	found = ubifs_lookup_level0(c, key, &znode, &n);
 	if (!found) {
@@ -1456,24 +1448,43 @@ int ubifs_tnc_locate(struct ubifs_info *c, const union ubifs_key *key,
 		goto out;
 	}
 	zt = &znode->zbranch[n];
+	if (lnum) {
+		*lnum = zt->lnum;
+		*offs = zt->offs;
+	}
 	if (is_hash_key(c, key)) {
 		/*
 		 * In this case the leaf node cache gets used, so we pass the
 		 * address of the zbranch and keep the mutex locked
 		 */
-		*lnum = zt->lnum;
-		*offs = zt->offs;
 		err = tnc_read_node_nm(c, zt, node);
 		goto out;
 	}
+	if (safely) {
+		err = ubifs_tnc_read_node(c, zt, node);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	/* Drop the TNC mutex prematurely and race with garbage collection */
 	zbr = znode->zbranch[n];
+	gc_seq1 = c->gc_seq;
 	mutex_unlock(&c->tnc_mutex);
 
-	*lnum = zbr.lnum;
-	*offs = zbr.offs;
+	if (ubifs_get_wbuf(c, zbr.lnum)) {
+		/* We do not GC journal heads */
+		err = ubifs_tnc_read_node(c, &zbr, node);
+		return err;
+	}
 
-	err = ubifs_tnc_read_node(c, &zbr, node);
-	return err;
+	err = fallible_read_node(c, key, &zbr, node);
+	if (maybe_leb_gced(c, zbr.lnum, gc_seq1)) {
+		/*
+		 * The node may have been GC'ed out from under us so try again
+		 * while keeping the TNC mutex locked.
+		 */
+		safely = 1;
+		goto again;
+	}
+	return 0;
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&c->tnc_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index d7f706f7a302..7828d69ca4f8 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -1028,6 +1028,8 @@ struct ubifs_mount_opts {
  * @sbuf: a buffer of LEB size used by GC and replay for scanning
  * @idx_gc: list of index LEBs that have been garbage collected
  * @idx_gc_cnt: number of elements on the idx_gc list
+ * @gc_seq: incremented for every non-index LEB garbage collected
+ * @gced_lnum: last non-index LEB that was garbage collected
  *
  * @infos_list: links all 'ubifs_info' objects
  * @umount_mutex: serializes shrinker and un-mount
@@ -1257,6 +1259,8 @@ struct ubifs_info {
 	void *sbuf;
 	struct list_head idx_gc;
 	int idx_gc_cnt;
+	volatile int gc_seq;
+	volatile int gced_lnum;
 
 	struct list_head infos_list;
 	struct mutex umount_mutex;
@@ -1451,8 +1455,6 @@ int ubifs_save_dirty_idx_lnums(struct ubifs_info *c);
 /* tnc.c */
 int ubifs_lookup_level0(struct ubifs_info *c, const union ubifs_key *key,
 			struct ubifs_znode **zn, int *n);
-int ubifs_tnc_lookup(struct ubifs_info *c, const union ubifs_key *key,
-		     void *node);
 int ubifs_tnc_lookup_nm(struct ubifs_info *c, const union ubifs_key *key,
 			void *node, const struct qstr *nm);
 int ubifs_tnc_locate(struct ubifs_info *c, const union ubifs_key *key,