diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c
index b129409..8f9f3b5 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	kfree(s->s_options);
-	s->s_options = new_opt;
+	replace_mount_options(s, new_opt);
 
 	config.setuid  = setuid;
 	config.setgid  = setgid;
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 5ce695e..63f5183 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -507,8 +507,7 @@
 		kfree(new_opts);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	kfree(sb->s_options);
-	sb->s_options = new_opts;
+	replace_mount_options(sb, new_opts);
 
 	sbi->s_flags = mount_flags;
 	sbi->s_mode  = mode;
diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index 2753f16..76828e5 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@
 			deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		sb->s_options = new_opts;
+		save_mount_options(sb, new_opts);
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
 	} else {
 		_debug("reuse");
-		kfree(new_opts);
 		ASSERTCMP(sb->s_flags, &, MS_ACTIVE);
 	}
 
 	simple_set_mnt(mnt, sb);
 	afs_put_volume(params.volume);
 	afs_put_cell(params.cell);
+	kfree(new_opts);
 	_leave(" = 0 [%p]", sb);
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index fecf402..fc77965 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -423,8 +423,7 @@
 
 	if (!(*flags & MS_RDONLY)) mark_dirty(s);
 
-	kfree(s->s_options);
-	s->s_options = new_opts;
+	replace_mount_options(s, new_opts);
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 0d2003f..134d494 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -695,12 +695,16 @@
  */
 int generic_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	const char *options = mnt->mnt_sb->s_options;
+	const char *options;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	options = rcu_dereference(mnt->mnt_sb->s_options);
 
 	if (options != NULL && options[0]) {
 		seq_putc(m, ',');
 		mangle(m, options);
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -721,11 +725,22 @@
  */
 void save_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options)
 {
-	kfree(sb->s_options);
-	sb->s_options = kstrdup(options, GFP_KERNEL);
+	BUG_ON(sb->s_options);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(sb->s_options, kstrdup(options, GFP_KERNEL));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(save_mount_options);
 
+void replace_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options)
+{
+	char *old = sb->s_options;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(sb->s_options, options);
+	if (old) {
+		synchronize_rcu();
+		kfree(old);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(replace_mount_options);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 /* iterator */
 static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index d444fe0..1215a4f 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1316,8 +1316,7 @@
 	}
 
 out_ok:
-	kfree(s->s_options);
-	s->s_options = new_opts;
+	replace_mount_options(s, new_opts);
 	return 0;
 
 out_err:
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index ed78842..3b534e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2368,6 +2368,7 @@
 
 extern int generic_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern void save_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options);
+extern void replace_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options);
 
 static inline ino_t parent_ino(struct dentry *dentry)
 {