diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index f9d500fd7b9a..2430a0415995 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ static void dnotify_free_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *fsn_mark)
 
 static struct fsnotify_ops dnotify_fsnotify_ops = {
 	.handle_event = dnotify_handle_event,
+	.free_mark = dnotify_free_mark,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 
 	/* set up the new_fsn_mark and new_dn_mark */
 	new_fsn_mark = &new_dn_mark->fsn_mark;
-	fsnotify_init_mark(new_fsn_mark, dnotify_group, dnotify_free_mark);
+	fsnotify_init_mark(new_fsn_mark, dnotify_group);
 	new_fsn_mark->mask = mask;
 	new_dn_mark->dn = NULL;
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index 210b7df2586b..31b48098ed8a 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -266,8 +266,14 @@ static void fanotify_free_event(struct fsnotify_event *fsn_event)
 	kmem_cache_free(fanotify_event_cachep, event);
 }
 
+static void fanotify_free_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *fsn_mark)
+{
+	kmem_cache_free(fanotify_mark_cache, fsn_mark);
+}
+
 const struct fsnotify_ops fanotify_fsnotify_ops = {
 	.handle_event = fanotify_handle_event,
 	.free_group_priv = fanotify_free_group_priv,
 	.free_event = fanotify_free_event,
+	.free_mark = fanotify_free_mark,
 };
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
index 4500a74f8d38..4eb6f5efa282 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/path.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
+extern struct kmem_cache *fanotify_mark_cache;
 extern struct kmem_cache *fanotify_event_cachep;
 extern struct kmem_cache *fanotify_perm_event_cachep;
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 4ba51b836a44..a1d5b121fdf8 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 extern const struct fsnotify_ops fanotify_fsnotify_ops;
 
-static struct kmem_cache *fanotify_mark_cache __read_mostly;
+struct kmem_cache *fanotify_mark_cache __read_mostly;
 struct kmem_cache *fanotify_event_cachep __read_mostly;
 struct kmem_cache *fanotify_perm_event_cachep __read_mostly;
 
@@ -444,11 +444,6 @@ static const struct file_operations fanotify_fops = {
 	.llseek		= noop_llseek,
 };
 
-static void fanotify_free_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *fsn_mark)
-{
-	kmem_cache_free(fanotify_mark_cache, fsn_mark);
-}
-
 static int fanotify_find_path(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
 			      struct path *path, unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -627,7 +622,7 @@ static struct fsnotify_mark *fanotify_add_new_mark(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	if (!mark)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	fsnotify_init_mark(mark, group, fanotify_free_mark);
+	fsnotify_init_mark(mark, group);
 	ret = fsnotify_add_mark_locked(mark, inode, mnt, 0);
 	if (ret) {
 		fsnotify_put_mark(mark);
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.h b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.h
index 37772f3a9d2d..bace90815ab8 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.h
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.h
@@ -31,3 +31,5 @@ extern int inotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 				struct fsnotify_iter_info *iter_info);
 
 extern const struct fsnotify_ops inotify_fsnotify_ops;
+
+extern struct kmem_cache *inotify_inode_mark_cachep;
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
index 7c5b57a26f17..5bfd473c4669 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
@@ -177,9 +177,20 @@ static void inotify_free_event(struct fsnotify_event *fsn_event)
 	kfree(INOTIFY_E(fsn_event));
 }
 
+/* ding dong the mark is dead */
+static void inotify_free_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *fsn_mark)
+{
+	struct inotify_inode_mark *i_mark;
+
+	i_mark = container_of(fsn_mark, struct inotify_inode_mark, fsn_mark);
+
+	kmem_cache_free(inotify_inode_mark_cachep, i_mark);
+}
+
 const struct fsnotify_ops inotify_fsnotify_ops = {
 	.handle_event = inotify_handle_event,
 	.free_group_priv = inotify_free_group_priv,
 	.free_event = inotify_free_event,
 	.freeing_mark = inotify_freeing_mark,
+	.free_mark = inotify_free_mark,
 };
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 38e66d497b3b..f16d591f0b41 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int inotify_max_user_instances __read_mostly;
 static int inotify_max_queued_events __read_mostly;
 static int inotify_max_user_watches __read_mostly;
 
-static struct kmem_cache *inotify_inode_mark_cachep __read_mostly;
+struct kmem_cache *inotify_inode_mark_cachep __read_mostly;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 
@@ -486,16 +486,6 @@ void inotify_ignored_and_remove_idr(struct fsnotify_mark *fsn_mark,
 	atomic_dec(&group->inotify_data.user->inotify_watches);
 }
 
-/* ding dong the mark is dead */
-static void inotify_free_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *fsn_mark)
-{
-	struct inotify_inode_mark *i_mark;
-
-	i_mark = container_of(fsn_mark, struct inotify_inode_mark, fsn_mark);
-
-	kmem_cache_free(inotify_inode_mark_cachep, i_mark);
-}
-
 static int inotify_update_existing_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 					 struct inode *inode,
 					 u32 arg)
@@ -561,7 +551,7 @@ static int inotify_new_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	if (unlikely(!tmp_i_mark))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	fsnotify_init_mark(&tmp_i_mark->fsn_mark, group, inotify_free_mark);
+	fsnotify_init_mark(&tmp_i_mark->fsn_mark, group);
 	tmp_i_mark->fsn_mark.mask = mask;
 	tmp_i_mark->wd = -1;
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index d45dfc7207ce..f68eb658c8ce 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -197,9 +197,12 @@ static struct inode *fsnotify_detach_connector_from_object(
 
 static void fsnotify_final_mark_destroy(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 {
-	if (mark->group)
-		fsnotify_put_group(mark->group);
-	mark->free_mark(mark);
+	struct fsnotify_group *group = mark->group;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!group))
+		return;
+	group->ops->free_mark(mark);
+	fsnotify_put_group(group);
 }
 
 void fsnotify_put_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
@@ -714,13 +717,11 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_marks(struct fsnotify_mark_connector **connp)
  * Nothing fancy, just initialize lists and locks and counters.
  */
 void fsnotify_init_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
-			struct fsnotify_group *group,
-			void (*free_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark *mark))
+			struct fsnotify_group *group)
 {
 	memset(mark, 0, sizeof(*mark));
 	spin_lock_init(&mark->lock);
 	atomic_set(&mark->refcnt, 1);
-	mark->free_mark = free_mark;
 	fsnotify_get_group(group);
 	mark->group = group;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 2aad469648b5..8c77a816fcaf 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ struct fsnotify_ops {
 	void (*free_group_priv)(struct fsnotify_group *group);
 	void (*freeing_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, struct fsnotify_group *group);
 	void (*free_event)(struct fsnotify_event *event);
+	/* called on final put+free to free memory */
+	void (*free_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
 };
 
 /*
@@ -260,7 +262,6 @@ struct fsnotify_mark {
 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALIVE		0x02
 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ATTACHED		0x04
 	unsigned int flags;		/* flags [mark->lock] */
-	void (*free_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark *mark); /* called on final put+free */
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
@@ -340,8 +341,7 @@ extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_remove_first_event(struct fsnotify_group
 /* Calculate mask of events for a list of marks */
 extern void fsnotify_recalc_mask(struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn);
 extern void fsnotify_init_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
-			       struct fsnotify_group *group,
-			       void (*free_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark *mark));
+			       struct fsnotify_group *group);
 /* Find mark belonging to given group in the list of marks */
 extern struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_mark(
 					struct fsnotify_mark_connector **connp,
diff --git a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
index 2522ceaca758..4aad0a467fed 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule, char *pa
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	fsnotify_init_mark(&audit_mark->mark, audit_fsnotify_group,
-			   audit_fsnotify_free_mark);
+	fsnotify_init_mark(&audit_mark->mark, audit_fsnotify_group);
 	audit_mark->mark.mask = AUDIT_FS_EVENTS;
 	audit_mark->path = pathname;
 	audit_update_mark(audit_mark, dentry->d_inode);
@@ -203,6 +202,7 @@ static int audit_mark_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 
 static const struct fsnotify_ops audit_mark_fsnotify_ops = {
 	.handle_event =	audit_mark_handle_event,
+	.free_mark = audit_fsnotify_free_mark,
 };
 
 static int __init audit_fsnotify_init(void)
diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
index 36a43efc8597..cbf1491d1a72 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ static struct audit_chunk *alloc_chunk(int count)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&chunk->owners[i].list);
 		chunk->owners[i].index = i;
 	}
-	fsnotify_init_mark(&chunk->mark, audit_tree_group,
-			   audit_tree_destroy_watch);
+	fsnotify_init_mark(&chunk->mark, audit_tree_group);
 	chunk->mark.mask = FS_IN_IGNORED;
 	return chunk;
 }
@@ -1003,6 +1002,7 @@ static void audit_tree_freeing_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *entry, struct fsnotify
 static const struct fsnotify_ops audit_tree_ops = {
 	.handle_event = audit_tree_handle_event,
 	.freeing_mark = audit_tree_freeing_mark,
+	.free_mark = audit_tree_destroy_watch,
 };
 
 static int __init audit_tree_init(void)
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index e32efed86828..13d30a8dfc56 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ static struct audit_parent *audit_init_parent(struct path *path)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&parent->watches);
 
-	fsnotify_init_mark(&parent->mark, audit_watch_group,
-			   audit_watch_free_mark);
+	fsnotify_init_mark(&parent->mark, audit_watch_group);
 	parent->mark.mask = AUDIT_FS_WATCH;
 	ret = fsnotify_add_mark(&parent->mark, inode, NULL, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -508,6 +507,7 @@ static int audit_watch_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 
 static const struct fsnotify_ops audit_watch_fsnotify_ops = {
 	.handle_event = 	audit_watch_handle_event,
+	.free_mark =		audit_watch_free_mark,
 };
 
 static int __init audit_watch_init(void)
