diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 9b32b76a9c30..0f0db1efa379 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ static struct fsnotify_mark *fanotify_add_new_mark(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	}
 
 	fsnotify_init_mark(mark, group);
-	ret = fsnotify_add_mark_locked(mark, connp, obj_type, 0, fsid);
+	ret = fsnotify_add_mark_locked(mark, connp, obj_type, fsid);
 	if (ret) {
 		fsnotify_put_mark(mark);
 		goto out_dec_ucounts;
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index d8907d32a05b..6fc0f598a7aa 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ static int inotify_new_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 
 	fsnotify_init_mark(&tmp_i_mark->fsn_mark, group);
 	tmp_i_mark->fsn_mark.mask = inotify_arg_to_mask(inode, arg);
-	tmp_i_mark->fsn_mark.flags = inotify_arg_to_flags(arg);
 	tmp_i_mark->wd = -1;
 
 	ret = inotify_add_to_idr(idr, idr_lock, tmp_i_mark);
@@ -618,7 +617,8 @@ static int inotify_new_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	}
 
 	/* we are on the idr, now get on the inode */
-	ret = fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked(&tmp_i_mark->fsn_mark, inode, 0);
+	ret = fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked(&tmp_i_mark->fsn_mark, inode,
+					     inotify_arg_to_flags(arg));
 	if (ret) {
 		/* we failed to get on the inode, get off the idr */
 		inotify_remove_from_idr(group, tmp_i_mark);
diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index 4853184f7dde..b1443e66ba26 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static struct fsnotify_mark_connector *fsnotify_grab_connector(
 static int fsnotify_add_mark_list(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 				  fsnotify_connp_t *connp,
 				  unsigned int obj_type,
-				  int allow_dups, __kernel_fsid_t *fsid)
+				  __kernel_fsid_t *fsid)
 {
 	struct fsnotify_mark *lmark, *last = NULL;
 	struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn;
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static int fsnotify_add_mark_list(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 
 		if ((lmark->group == mark->group) &&
 		    (lmark->flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ATTACHED) &&
-		    !allow_dups) {
+		    !(mark->flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALLOW_DUPS)) {
 			err = -EEXIST;
 			goto out_err;
 		}
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static int fsnotify_add_mark_list(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
  */
 int fsnotify_add_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 			     fsnotify_connp_t *connp, unsigned int obj_type,
-			     int allow_dups, __kernel_fsid_t *fsid)
+			     __kernel_fsid_t *fsid)
 {
 	struct fsnotify_group *group = mark->group;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ int fsnotify_add_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 	fsnotify_get_mark(mark); /* for g_list */
 	spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
 
-	ret = fsnotify_add_mark_list(mark, connp, obj_type, allow_dups, fsid);
+	ret = fsnotify_add_mark_list(mark, connp, obj_type, fsid);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
@@ -708,14 +708,13 @@ int fsnotify_add_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 }
 
 int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, fsnotify_connp_t *connp,
-		      unsigned int obj_type, int allow_dups,
-		      __kernel_fsid_t *fsid)
+		      unsigned int obj_type, __kernel_fsid_t *fsid)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct fsnotify_group *group = mark->group;
 
 	mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
-	ret = fsnotify_add_mark_locked(mark, connp, obj_type, allow_dups, fsid);
+	ret = fsnotify_add_mark_locked(mark, connp, obj_type, fsid);
 	mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 8ecdc1750e67..9e8b5b52b9de 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ struct fsnotify_mark {
 	/* Backend controlled flags */
 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_EXCL_UNLINK		0x0010
 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_IN_ONESHOT		0x0020
+#define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALLOW_DUPS		0x0040
 #define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_IGNORED_SURV_MODIFY	0x0100
 	unsigned int flags;		/* flags [mark->lock] */
 };
@@ -633,30 +634,30 @@ extern struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_mark(fsnotify_connp_t *connp,
 /* Get cached fsid of filesystem containing object */
 extern int fsnotify_get_conn_fsid(const struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn,
 				  __kernel_fsid_t *fsid);
+
 /* attach the mark to the object */
 extern int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 			     fsnotify_connp_t *connp, unsigned int obj_type,
-			     int allow_dups, __kernel_fsid_t *fsid);
+			     __kernel_fsid_t *fsid);
 extern int fsnotify_add_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 				    fsnotify_connp_t *connp,
-				    unsigned int obj_type, int allow_dups,
+				    unsigned int obj_type,
 				    __kernel_fsid_t *fsid);
 
 /* attach the mark to the inode */
 static inline int fsnotify_add_inode_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
-					  struct inode *inode,
-					  int allow_dups)
+					  struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
+	mark->flags = flags;
 	return fsnotify_add_mark(mark, &inode->i_fsnotify_marks,
-				 FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE, allow_dups, NULL);
+				 FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE, NULL);
 }
 static inline int fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
-						 struct inode *inode,
-						 int allow_dups)
+						 struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
+	mark->flags = flags;
 	return fsnotify_add_mark_locked(mark, &inode->i_fsnotify_marks,
-					FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE, allow_dups,
-					NULL);
+					FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE, NULL);
 }
 
 /* given a group and a mark, flag mark to be freed when all references are dropped */
diff --git a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
index 02348b48447c..3c35649bc7f5 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule, char *pa
 	audit_update_mark(audit_mark, dentry->d_inode);
 	audit_mark->rule = krule;
 
-	ret = fsnotify_add_inode_mark(&audit_mark->mark, inode, true);
+	ret = fsnotify_add_inode_mark(&audit_mark->mark, inode,
+				      FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALLOW_DUPS);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		fsnotify_put_mark(&audit_mark->mark);
 		audit_mark = ERR_PTR(ret);
