diff --git a/mm/mmu_notifier.c b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
index 9a611d3..862b608 100644
--- a/mm/mmu_notifier.c
+++ b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
@@ -33,6 +33,24 @@
 void __mmu_notifier_release(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	struct mmu_notifier *mn;
+	struct hlist_node *n;
+
+	/*
+	 * RCU here will block mmu_notifier_unregister until
+	 * ->release returns.
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(mn, n, &mm->mmu_notifier_mm->list, hlist)
+		/*
+		 * if ->release runs before mmu_notifier_unregister it
+		 * must be handled as it's the only way for the driver
+		 * to flush all existing sptes and stop the driver
+		 * from establishing any more sptes before all the
+		 * pages in the mm are freed.
+		 */
+		if (mn->ops->release)
+			mn->ops->release(mn, mm);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	spin_lock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
 	while (unlikely(!hlist_empty(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->list))) {
@@ -46,23 +64,6 @@
 		 * mmu_notifier_unregister to return.
 		 */
 		hlist_del_init_rcu(&mn->hlist);
-		/*
-		 * RCU here will block mmu_notifier_unregister until
-		 * ->release returns.
-		 */
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		spin_unlock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
-		/*
-		 * if ->release runs before mmu_notifier_unregister it
-		 * must be handled as it's the only way for the driver
-		 * to flush all existing sptes and stop the driver
-		 * from establishing any more sptes before all the
-		 * pages in the mm are freed.
-		 */
-		if (mn->ops->release)
-			mn->ops->release(mn, mm);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		spin_lock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
 
@@ -284,16 +285,13 @@
 {
 	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&mm->mm_count) <= 0);
 
-	spin_lock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
 	if (!hlist_unhashed(&mn->hlist)) {
-		hlist_del_rcu(&mn->hlist);
-
 		/*
 		 * RCU here will force exit_mmap to wait ->release to finish
 		 * before freeing the pages.
 		 */
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		spin_unlock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
+
 		/*
 		 * exit_mmap will block in mmu_notifier_release to
 		 * guarantee ->release is called before freeing the
@@ -302,8 +300,11 @@
 		if (mn->ops->release)
 			mn->ops->release(mn, mm);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-	} else
+
+		spin_lock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
+		hlist_del_rcu(&mn->hlist);
 		spin_unlock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Wait any running method to finish, of course including