diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index 3344bdd5..08b886f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 
 	/* 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 @@
 	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 599a0195..1218d10 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
 	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 & real_mount(mnt)->mnt_fsnotify_mask)
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
 	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 @@
 	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 @@
 	}
 
 	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 @@
 
 	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 ab25b81..b77c833 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -121,21 +121,11 @@
  * 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);
 
@@ -143,7 +133,7 @@
 	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;
@@ -194,9 +184,6 @@
 	 */
 
 	atomic_dec(&group->num_marks);
-
-put_group:
-	fsnotify_put_group(group);
 }
 
 void fsnotify_set_mark_mask_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, __u32 mask)
@@ -307,7 +294,7 @@
 	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 f26a348..4df58b8 100644
--- a/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
@@ -46,8 +46,16 @@
 	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 c584834..140b4b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -408,8 +408,9 @@
 /* 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 ed206fd..e81175e 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 		list_del_rcu(&chunk->hash);
 		spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&entry->lock);
-		fsnotify_destroy_mark(entry);
+		fsnotify_destroy_mark(entry, audit_tree_group);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 		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(&new->mark);	/* drop initial reference */
 	goto out;
 
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
 		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 @@
 		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 @@
 	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(chunk_entry);	/* drop initial reference */
 	fsnotify_put_mark(old_entry); /* pair to fsnotify_find mark_entry */
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index 3823281..a66affc 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 	}
 	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. */
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
 
 		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);
 		}
 	}