diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index faf8228d..a6bb87d 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 
 	spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
 
+	if (inode && (mark->flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_OBJECT_PINNED))
+		iput(inode);
 	/* release lock temporarily */
 	mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
 
@@ -158,6 +160,11 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 	list_add(&mark->destroy_list, &destroy_list);
 	spin_unlock(&destroy_lock);
 	wake_up(&destroy_waitq);
+	/*
+	 * We don't necessarily have a ref on mark from caller so the above destroy
+	 * may have actually freed it, unless this group provides a 'freeing_mark'
+	 * function which must be holding a reference.
+	 */
 
 	/*
 	 * Some groups like to know that marks are being freed.  This is a
@@ -179,22 +186,15 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 	 * is just a lazy update (and could be a perf win...)
 	 */
 
-	if (inode && (mark->flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_OBJECT_PINNED))
-		iput(inode);
-	/*
-	 * We don't necessarily have a ref on mark from caller so the above iput
-	 * may have already destroyed it.  Don't touch from now on.
-	 */
-
 	atomic_dec(&group->num_marks);
 
-	mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&group->mark_mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 }
 
 void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 			   struct fsnotify_group *group)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&group->mark_mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 	fsnotify_destroy_mark_locked(mark, group);
 	mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
 }
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 {
 	struct fsnotify_mark *lmark, *mark;
 
-	mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&group->mark_mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, lmark, &group->marks_list, g_list) {
 		if (mark->flags & flags) {
 			fsnotify_get_mark(mark);
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 3fea9d4..2ec3fb8 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@ struct fsnotify_event_private_data;
  *		if the group is interested in this event.
  * handle_event - main call for a group to handle an fs event
  * free_group_priv - called when a group refcnt hits 0 to clean up the private union
- * freeing-mark - this means that a mark has been flagged to die when everything
- *		finishes using it.  The function is supplied with what must be a
- *		valid group and inode to use to clean up.
+ * freeing_mark - called when a mark is being destroyed for some reason.  The group
+ * 		MUST be holding a reference on each mark and that reference must be
+ * 		dropped in this function.  inotify uses this function to send
+ * 		userspace messages that marks have been removed.
  */
 struct fsnotify_ops {
 	bool (*should_send_event)(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode,