diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index 3344bdd..08b886f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void dnotify_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 
 	/* nothing else could have found us thanks to the dnotify_mark_mutex */
 	if (dn_mark->dn == NULL)
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(fsn_mark);
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(fsn_mark, dnotify_group);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&dnotify_mark_mutex);
 
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ out:
 	spin_unlock(&fsn_mark->lock);
 
 	if (destroy)
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(fsn_mark);
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(fsn_mark, dnotify_group);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&dnotify_mark_mutex);
 	fsnotify_put_mark(fsn_mark);
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 8424bee..88630be 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static int fanotify_remove_vfsmount_mark(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	removed = fanotify_mark_remove_from_mask(fsn_mark, mask, flags,
 						 &destroy_mark);
 	if (destroy_mark)
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(fsn_mark);
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(fsn_mark, group);
 
 	fsnotify_put_mark(fsn_mark);
 	if (removed & mnt->mnt_fsnotify_mask)
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ static int fanotify_remove_inode_mark(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	removed = fanotify_mark_remove_from_mask(fsn_mark, mask, flags,
 						 &destroy_mark);
 	if (destroy_mark)
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(fsn_mark);
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(fsn_mark, group);
 	/* matches the fsnotify_find_inode_mark() */
 	fsnotify_put_mark(fsn_mark);
 	if (removed & inode->i_fsnotify_mask)
diff --git a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
index 4e9071e..2123020 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
@@ -99,8 +99,16 @@ void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, lmark, &free_list, i.free_i_list) {
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(mark);
+		struct fsnotify_group *group;
+
+		spin_lock(&mark->lock);
+		fsnotify_get_group(mark->group);
+		group = mark->group;
+		spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
+
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(mark, group);
 		fsnotify_put_mark(mark);
+		fsnotify_put_group(group);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
index 74977fb..871569c 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static int inotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	}
 
 	if (inode_mark->mask & IN_ONESHOT)
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(inode_mark);
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(inode_mark, group);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 246250f..00ff82f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(inotify_rm_watch, int, fd, __s32, wd)
 
 	ret = 0;
 
-	fsnotify_destroy_mark(&i_mark->fsn_mark);
+	fsnotify_destroy_mark(&i_mark->fsn_mark, group);
 
 	/* match ref taken by inotify_idr_find */
 	fsnotify_put_mark(&i_mark->fsn_mark);
diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index d4512e1..716b7e2 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -122,21 +122,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fsnotify_put_mark);
  * The caller had better be holding a reference to this mark so we don't actually
  * do the final put under the mark->lock
  */
-void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
+void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
+			   struct fsnotify_group *group)
 {
-	struct fsnotify_group *group;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 
-	spin_lock(&mark->lock);
-	/* dont get the group from a mark that is not alive yet */
-	if (!(mark->flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALIVE)) {
-		spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
-		return;
-	}
-	fsnotify_get_group(mark->group);
-	group = mark->group;
-	spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
-
 	mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
 	spin_lock(&mark->lock);
 
@@ -144,7 +134,7 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 	if (!(mark->flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALIVE)) {
 		spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
 		mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
-		goto put_group;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	mark->flags &= ~FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALIVE;
@@ -195,9 +185,6 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 	 */
 
 	atomic_dec(&group->num_marks);
-
-put_group:
-	fsnotify_put_group(group);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fsnotify_destroy_mark);
 
@@ -310,7 +297,7 @@ void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, lmark, &free_list, free_g_list) {
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(mark);
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(mark, group);
 		fsnotify_put_mark(mark);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c b/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
index 5feee17..c640367 100644
--- a/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
@@ -44,8 +44,16 @@ void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_mount(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	spin_unlock(&mnt->mnt_root->d_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, lmark, &free_list, m.free_m_list) {
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(mark);
+		struct fsnotify_group *group;
+
+		spin_lock(&mark->lock);
+		fsnotify_get_group(mark->group);
+		group = mark->group;
+		spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
+
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(mark, group);
 		fsnotify_put_mark(mark);
+		fsnotify_put_group(group);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index b48eccf..5b33a85 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -408,8 +408,9 @@ extern void fsnotify_set_mark_mask_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, __u32 mask
 /* attach the mark to both the group and the inode */
 extern int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, struct fsnotify_group *group,
 			     struct inode *inode, struct vfsmount *mnt, int allow_dups);
-/* given a mark, flag it to be freed when all references are dropped */
-extern void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
+/* given a group and a mark, flag mark to be freed when all references are dropped */
+extern void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
+				  struct fsnotify_group *group);
 /* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the vfsmount marks */
 extern void fsnotify_clear_vfsmount_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
 /* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the inode marks */
diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
index 5bf0790..9cedf31 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static void untag_chunk(struct node *p)
 		list_del_rcu(&chunk->hash);
 		spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&entry->lock);
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(entry);
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(entry, audit_tree_group);
 		fsnotify_put_mark(entry);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static void untag_chunk(struct node *p)
 		owner->root = new;
 	spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&entry->lock);
-	fsnotify_destroy_mark(entry);
+	fsnotify_destroy_mark(entry, audit_tree_group);
 	fsnotify_put_mark(entry);
 	goto out;
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int create_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
 		spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
 		chunk->dead = 1;
 		spin_unlock(&entry->lock);
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(entry);
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(entry, audit_tree_group);
 		fsnotify_put_mark(entry);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int tag_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
 		spin_unlock(&chunk_entry->lock);
 		spin_unlock(&old_entry->lock);
 
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(chunk_entry);
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(chunk_entry, audit_tree_group);
 
 		fsnotify_put_mark(chunk_entry);
 		fsnotify_put_mark(old_entry);
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static int tag_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
 	spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&chunk_entry->lock);
 	spin_unlock(&old_entry->lock);
-	fsnotify_destroy_mark(old_entry);
+	fsnotify_destroy_mark(old_entry, audit_tree_group);
 	fsnotify_put_mark(old_entry); /* pair to fsnotify_find mark_entry */
 	fsnotify_put_mark(old_entry); /* and kill it */
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index e683869..a0825e7 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static void audit_remove_parent_watches(struct audit_parent *parent)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 
-	fsnotify_destroy_mark(&parent->mark);
+	fsnotify_destroy_mark(&parent->mark, audit_watch_group);
 }
 
 /* Get path information necessary for adding watches. */
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ void audit_remove_watch_rule(struct audit_krule *krule)
 
 		if (list_empty(&parent->watches)) {
 			audit_get_parent(parent);
-			fsnotify_destroy_mark(&parent->mark);
+			fsnotify_destroy_mark(&parent->mark, audit_watch_group);
 			audit_put_parent(parent);
 		}
 	}
