diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 65a53ef..2b7dc90 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 	if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))
 		return SHRINK_STOP;
 
-	if (!grab_super_passive(sb))
+	if (!trylock_super(sb))
 		return SHRINK_STOP;
 
 	if (sb->s_op->nr_cached_objects)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 		freed += sb->s_op->free_cached_objects(sb, sc);
 	}
 
-	drop_super(sb);
+	up_read(&sb->s_umount);
 	return freed;
 }
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 	sb = container_of(shrink, struct super_block, s_shrink);
 
 	/*
-	 * Don't call grab_super_passive as it is a potential
+	 * Don't call trylock_super as it is a potential
 	 * scalability bottleneck. The counts could get updated
 	 * between super_cache_count and super_cache_scan anyway.
 	 * Call to super_cache_count with shrinker_rwsem held
@@ -348,35 +348,31 @@
 }
 
 /*
- *	grab_super_passive - acquire a passive reference
+ *	trylock_super - try to grab ->s_umount shared
  *	@sb: reference we are trying to grab
  *
- *	Tries to acquire a passive reference. This is used in places where we
+ *	Try to prevent fs shutdown.  This is used in places where we
  *	cannot take an active reference but we need to ensure that the
- *	superblock does not go away while we are working on it. It returns
- *	false if a reference was not gained, and returns true with the s_umount
- *	lock held in read mode if a reference is gained. On successful return,
- *	the caller must drop the s_umount lock and the passive reference when
- *	done.
+ *	filesystem is not shut down while we are working on it. It returns
+ *	false if we cannot acquire s_umount or if we lose the race and
+ *	filesystem already got into shutdown, and returns true with the s_umount
+ *	lock held in read mode in case of success. On successful return,
+ *	the caller must drop the s_umount lock when done.
+ *
+ *	Note that unlike get_super() et.al. this one does *not* bump ->s_count.
+ *	The reason why it's safe is that we are OK with doing trylock instead
+ *	of down_read().  There's a couple of places that are OK with that, but
+ *	it's very much not a general-purpose interface.
  */
-bool grab_super_passive(struct super_block *sb)
+bool trylock_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-	if (hlist_unhashed(&sb->s_instances)) {
-		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	sb->s_count++;
-	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-
 	if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
-		if (sb->s_root && (sb->s_flags & MS_BORN))
+		if (!hlist_unhashed(&sb->s_instances) &&
+		    sb->s_root && (sb->s_flags & MS_BORN))
 			return true;
 		up_read(&sb->s_umount);
 	}
 
-	put_super(sb);
 	return false;
 }