diff --git a/fs/notify/group.c b/fs/notify/group.c
index 0fb4aadcc19f..79439cdf16e0 100644
--- a/fs/notify/group.c
+++ b/fs/notify/group.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct fsnotify_group *fsnotify_alloc_group(const struct fsnotify_ops *ops)
 	/* set to 0 when there a no external references to this group */
 	atomic_set(&group->refcnt, 1);
 	atomic_set(&group->num_marks, 0);
+	atomic_set(&group->user_waits, 0);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&group->notification_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&group->notification_list);
diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index e22e87bbcd84..8800db34e19f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ void fsnotify_get_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 	atomic_inc(&mark->refcnt);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Get mark reference when we found the mark via lockless traversal of object
+ * list. Mark can be already removed from the list by now and on its way to be
+ * destroyed once SRCU period ends.
+ */
+static bool fsnotify_get_mark_safe(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
+{
+	return atomic_inc_not_zero(&mark->refcnt);
+}
+
 static void __fsnotify_recalc_mask(struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn)
 {
 	u32 new_mask = 0;
@@ -244,6 +254,76 @@ void fsnotify_put_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 			   FSNOTIFY_REAPER_DELAY);
 }
 
+bool fsnotify_prepare_user_wait(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
+				struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmount_mark,
+				int *srcu_idx)
+{
+	struct fsnotify_group *group;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!inode_mark && !vfsmount_mark))
+		return false;
+
+	if (inode_mark)
+		group = inode_mark->group;
+	else
+		group = vfsmount_mark->group;
+
+	/*
+	 * Since acquisition of mark reference is an atomic op as well, we can
+	 * be sure this inc is seen before any effect of refcount increment.
+	 */
+	atomic_inc(&group->user_waits);
+
+	if (inode_mark) {
+		/* This can fail if mark is being removed */
+		if (!fsnotify_get_mark_safe(inode_mark))
+			goto out_wait;
+	}
+	if (vfsmount_mark) {
+		if (!fsnotify_get_mark_safe(vfsmount_mark))
+			goto out_inode;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Now that both marks are pinned by refcount in the inode / vfsmount
+	 * lists, we can drop SRCU lock, and safely resume the list iteration
+	 * once userspace returns.
+	 */
+	srcu_read_unlock(&fsnotify_mark_srcu, *srcu_idx);
+
+	return true;
+out_inode:
+	if (inode_mark)
+		fsnotify_put_mark(inode_mark);
+out_wait:
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&group->user_waits) && group->shutdown)
+		wake_up(&group->notification_waitq);
+	return false;
+}
+
+void fsnotify_finish_user_wait(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
+			       struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmount_mark,
+			       int *srcu_idx)
+{
+	struct fsnotify_group *group = NULL;
+
+	*srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&fsnotify_mark_srcu);
+	if (inode_mark) {
+		group = inode_mark->group;
+		fsnotify_put_mark(inode_mark);
+	}
+	if (vfsmount_mark) {
+		group = vfsmount_mark->group;
+		fsnotify_put_mark(vfsmount_mark);
+	}
+	/*
+	 * We abuse notification_waitq on group shutdown for waiting for all
+	 * marks pinned when waiting for userspace.
+	 */
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&group->user_waits) && group->shutdown)
+		wake_up(&group->notification_waitq);
+}
+
 /*
  * Mark mark as detached, remove it from group list. Mark still stays in object
  * list until its last reference is dropped. Note that we rely on mark being
@@ -628,6 +708,12 @@ void fsnotify_detach_group_marks(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 		fsnotify_free_mark(mark);
 		fsnotify_put_mark(mark);
 	}
+	/*
+	 * Some marks can still be pinned when waiting for response from
+	 * userspace. Wait for those now. fsnotify_prepare_user_wait() will
+	 * not succeed now so this wait is race-free.
+	 */
+	wait_event(group->notification_waitq, !atomic_read(&group->user_waits));
 }
 
 /* Destroy all marks attached to inode / vfsmount */
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 64ce249288ad..786dc1cf715c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ struct fsnotify_group {
 	struct fsnotify_event *overflow_event;	/* Event we queue when the
 						 * notification list is too
 						 * full */
+	atomic_t user_waits;		/* Number of tasks waiting for user
+					 * response */
 
 	/* groups can define private fields here or use the void *private */
 	union {
@@ -367,6 +369,12 @@ extern void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(struct fsnotify_group *group, un
 extern void fsnotify_get_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
 extern void fsnotify_put_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
 extern void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct super_block *sb);
+extern void fsnotify_finish_user_wait(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
+				      struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmount_mark,
+				      int *srcu_idx);
+extern bool fsnotify_prepare_user_wait(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
+				       struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmount_mark,
+				       int *srcu_idx);
 
 /* put here because inotify does some weird stuff when destroying watches */
 extern void fsnotify_init_event(struct fsnotify_event *event,
