diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 78f3403..43aa979 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	ida_init(&root->ino_ida);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&root->supers);
 
 	kn = __kernfs_new_node(root, "", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
 			       KERNFS_DIR);
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index 8be13b2..dc84a3e 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
  * mount.c
  */
 struct kernfs_super_info {
+	struct super_block	*sb;
+
 	/*
 	 * The root associated with this super_block.  Each super_block is
 	 * identified by the root and ns it's associated with.
@@ -62,6 +64,9 @@
 	 * an array and compare kernfs_node tag against every entry.
 	 */
 	const void		*ns;
+
+	/* anchored at kernfs_root->supers, protected by kernfs_mutex */
+	struct list_head	node;
 };
 #define kernfs_info(SB) ((struct kernfs_super_info *)(SB->s_fs_info))
 
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
index 6a5f04a..f25a7c0 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct dentry *root;
 
+	info->sb = sb;
 	sb->s_blocksize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	sb->s_magic = SYSFS_MAGIC;
@@ -166,12 +167,18 @@
 		*new_sb_created = !sb->s_root;
 
 	if (!sb->s_root) {
+		struct kernfs_super_info *info = kernfs_info(sb);
+
 		error = kernfs_fill_super(sb);
 		if (error) {
 			deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 			return ERR_PTR(error);
 		}
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
+
+		mutex_lock(&kernfs_mutex);
+		list_add(&info->node, &root->supers);
+		mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
 	}
 
 	return dget(sb->s_root);
@@ -190,6 +197,10 @@
 	struct kernfs_super_info *info = kernfs_info(sb);
 	struct kernfs_node *root_kn = sb->s_root->d_fsdata;
 
+	mutex_lock(&kernfs_mutex);
+	list_del(&info->node);
+	mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
+
 	/*
 	 * Remove the superblock from fs_supers/s_instances
 	 * so we can't find it, before freeing kernfs_super_info.
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index b0122dc..589318b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@
 	/* private fields, do not use outside kernfs proper */
 	struct ida		ino_ida;
 	struct kernfs_syscall_ops *syscall_ops;
+
+	/* list of kernfs_super_info of this root, protected by kernfs_mutex */
+	struct list_head	supers;
+
 	wait_queue_head_t	deactivate_waitq;
 };