diff --git a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
index 43bbe63e2992..06b513d192b9 100644
--- a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static void hypfs_kill_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	if (sb->s_root)
 		hypfs_delete_tree(sb->s_root);
-	if (sb_info->update_file)
+	if (sb_info && sb_info->update_file)
 		hypfs_remove(sb_info->update_file);
 	kfree(sb->s_fs_info);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index f60dee7faf03..87bdf0f4cba1 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void jffs2_put_super (struct super_block *sb)
 static void jffs2_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(sb);
-	if (!sb_rdonly(sb))
+	if (c && !sb_rdonly(sb))
 		jffs2_stop_garbage_collect_thread(c);
 	kill_mtd_super(sb);
 	kfree(c);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index e398f32d7541..8634d565b858 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1089,7 +1089,8 @@ static struct mount *clone_mnt(struct mount *old, struct dentry *root,
 			goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	mnt->mnt.mnt_flags = old->mnt.mnt_flags & ~(MNT_WRITE_HOLD|MNT_MARKED);
+	mnt->mnt.mnt_flags = old->mnt.mnt_flags;
+	mnt->mnt.mnt_flags &= ~(MNT_WRITE_HOLD|MNT_MARKED|MNT_INTERNAL);
 	/* Don't allow unprivileged users to change mount flags */
 	if (flag & CL_UNPRIVILEGED) {
 		mnt->mnt.mnt_flags |= MNT_LOCK_ATIME;
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/super.c b/fs/orangefs/super.c
index 3ae5fdba0225..10796d3fe27d 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/super.c
@@ -579,6 +579,11 @@ void orangefs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 	/* provided sb cleanup */
 	kill_anon_super(sb);
 
+	if (!ORANGEFS_SB(sb)) {
+		mutex_lock(&orangefs_request_mutex);
+		mutex_unlock(&orangefs_request_mutex);
+		return;
+	}
 	/*
 	 * issue the unmount to userspace to tell it to remove the
 	 * dynamic mount info it has for this superblock
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 5fa9a8d8d865..122c402049a2 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ static void destroy_unused_super(struct super_block *s)
 	security_sb_free(s);
 	put_user_ns(s->s_user_ns);
 	kfree(s->s_subtype);
+	free_prealloced_shrinker(&s->s_shrink);
 	/* no delays needed */
 	destroy_super_work(&s->destroy_work);
 }
@@ -252,6 +253,8 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type, int flags,
 	s->s_shrink.count_objects = super_cache_count;
 	s->s_shrink.batch = 1024;
 	s->s_shrink.flags = SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE | SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE;
+	if (prealloc_shrinker(&s->s_shrink))
+		goto fail;
 	return s;
 
 fail:
@@ -518,11 +521,7 @@ retry:
 	hlist_add_head(&s->s_instances, &type->fs_supers);
 	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 	get_filesystem(type);
-	err = register_shrinker(&s->s_shrink);
-	if (err) {
-		deactivate_locked_super(s);
-		s = ERR_PTR(err);
-	}
+	register_shrinker_prepared(&s->s_shrink);
 	return s;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/shrinker.h b/include/linux/shrinker.h
index 388ff2936a87..6794490f25b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/shrinker.h
+++ b/include/linux/shrinker.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ struct shrinker {
 #define SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE	(1 << 0)
 #define SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE	(1 << 1)
 
-extern int register_shrinker(struct shrinker *);
-extern void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *);
+extern int prealloc_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker);
+extern void register_shrinker_prepared(struct shrinker *shrinker);
+extern int register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker);
+extern void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker);
+extern void free_prealloced_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker);
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 8b920ce3ae02..9b697323a88c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ unsigned long lruvec_lru_size(struct lruvec *lruvec, enum lru_list lru, int zone
 /*
  * Add a shrinker callback to be called from the vm.
  */
-int register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+int prealloc_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
 	size_t size = sizeof(*shrinker->nr_deferred);
 
@@ -313,10 +313,29 @@ int register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	shrinker->nr_deferred = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!shrinker->nr_deferred)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
 
+void free_prealloced_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+{
+	kfree(shrinker->nr_deferred);
+	shrinker->nr_deferred = NULL;
+}
+
+void register_shrinker_prepared(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+{
 	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 	list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
 	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+}
+
+int register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+{
+	int err = prealloc_shrinker(shrinker);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	register_shrinker_prepared(shrinker);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 0f08934b2cea..c81ef5e6c981 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -1375,6 +1375,7 @@ rpc_gssd_dummy_depopulate(struct dentry *pipe_dentry)
 	struct dentry *clnt_dir = pipe_dentry->d_parent;
 	struct dentry *gssd_dir = clnt_dir->d_parent;
 
+	dget(pipe_dentry);
 	__rpc_rmpipe(d_inode(clnt_dir), pipe_dentry);
 	__rpc_depopulate(clnt_dir, gssd_dummy_info_file, 0, 1);
 	__rpc_depopulate(gssd_dir, gssd_dummy_clnt_dir, 0, 1);