diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 5ca3625..9ba16ed 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -573,7 +573,6 @@
 
 extern int afs_mntpt_check_symlink(struct afs_vnode *, struct key *);
 extern void afs_mntpt_kill_timer(void);
-extern void afs_umount_begin(struct vfsmount *, int);
 
 /*
  * proc.c
diff --git a/fs/afs/mntpt.c b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
index a3510b8..2f55039 100644
--- a/fs/afs/mntpt.c
+++ b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
@@ -283,11 +283,3 @@
 	cancel_delayed_work(&afs_mntpt_expiry_timer);
 	flush_scheduled_work();
 }
-
-/*
- * begin unmount by attempting to remove all automounted mountpoints we added
- */
-void afs_umount_begin(struct vfsmount *vfsmnt, int flags)
-{
-	shrink_submounts(vfsmnt, &afs_vfsmounts);
-}
diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index 36bbce4..4b572b8 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 	.write_inode	= afs_write_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= afs_destroy_inode,
 	.clear_inode	= afs_clear_inode,
-	.umount_begin	= afs_umount_begin,
 	.put_super	= afs_put_super,
 	.show_options	= generic_show_options,
 };
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
index a1a95b0..56c9240 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 {
 	mark_mounts_for_expiry(&cifs_dfs_automount_list);
 	mark_mounts_for_expiry(&cifs_dfs_automount_list);
-	shrink_submounts(vfsmnt, &cifs_dfs_automount_list);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 1c78917..7bd74b2 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -581,6 +581,8 @@
 	}
 }
 
+static void shrink_submounts(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct list_head *umounts);
+
 static int do_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = mnt->mnt_sb;
@@ -653,6 +655,9 @@
 	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	event++;
 
+	if (!(flags & MNT_DETACH))
+		shrink_submounts(mnt, &umount_list);
+
 	retval = -EBUSY;
 	if (flags & MNT_DETACH || !propagate_mount_busy(mnt, 2)) {
 		if (!list_empty(&mnt->mnt_list))
@@ -1302,30 +1307,22 @@
  * process a list of expirable mountpoints with the intent of discarding any
  * submounts of a specific parent mountpoint
  */
-void shrink_submounts(struct vfsmount *mountpoint, struct list_head *mounts)
+static void shrink_submounts(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct list_head *umounts)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(graveyard);
-	LIST_HEAD(umounts);
-	struct vfsmount *mnt;
+	struct vfsmount *m;
 
-	down_write(&namespace_sem);
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	/* extract submounts of 'mountpoint' from the expiration list */
-	while (select_submounts(mountpoint, &graveyard)) {
+	while (select_submounts(mnt, &graveyard)) {
 		while (!list_empty(&graveyard)) {
-			mnt = list_first_entry(&graveyard, struct vfsmount,
+			m = list_first_entry(&graveyard, struct vfsmount,
 						mnt_expire);
 			touch_mnt_namespace(mnt->mnt_ns);
-			umount_tree(mnt, 1, &umounts);
+			umount_tree(mnt, 1, umounts);
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
-	up_write(&namespace_sem);
-	release_mounts(&umounts);
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shrink_submounts);
-
 /*
  * Some copy_from_user() implementations do not return the exact number of
  * bytes remaining to copy on a fault.  But copy_mount_options() requires that.
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index dd4dfcd..f921902 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -589,8 +589,6 @@
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SB(vfsmnt->mnt_sb);
 	struct rpc_clnt *rpc;
 
-	shrink_submounts(vfsmnt, &nfs_automount_list);
-
 	if (!(flags & MNT_FORCE))
 		return;
 	/* -EIO all pending I/O */
diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
index dac5e67..5ee2df2 100644
--- a/include/linux/mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/mount.h
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
 			int mnt_flags, struct list_head *fslist);
 
 extern void mark_mounts_for_expiry(struct list_head *mounts);
-extern void shrink_submounts(struct vfsmount *mountpoint, struct list_head *mounts);
 
 extern spinlock_t vfsmount_lock;
 extern dev_t name_to_dev_t(char *name);