diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 1cc88ba6de90..8ae44db920d4 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ static void kernfs_drain(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 		rwsem_release(&kn->dep_map, _RET_IP_);
 	}
 
-	kernfs_drain_open_files(kn);
+	if (kernfs_should_drain_open_files(kn))
+		kernfs_drain_open_files(kn);
 
 	down_write(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
 }
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/file.c b/fs/kernfs/file.c
index 7060a2a714b8..9ab6c92e02da 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ struct kernfs_open_node {
 	atomic_t		event;
 	wait_queue_head_t	poll;
 	struct list_head	files; /* goes through kernfs_open_file.list */
+	unsigned int		nr_mmapped;
+	unsigned int		nr_to_release;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -527,6 +529,7 @@ static int kernfs_fop_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 	rc = 0;
 	of->mmapped = true;
+	of_on(of)->nr_mmapped++;
 	of->vm_ops = vma->vm_ops;
 	vma->vm_ops = &kernfs_vm_ops;
 out_put:
@@ -562,7 +565,7 @@ static int kernfs_get_open_node(struct kernfs_node *kn,
 
 	if (!on) {
 		/* not there, initialize a new one */
-		on = kmalloc(sizeof(*on), GFP_KERNEL);
+		on = kzalloc(sizeof(*on), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!on) {
 			mutex_unlock(mutex);
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -574,6 +577,8 @@ static int kernfs_get_open_node(struct kernfs_node *kn,
 	}
 
 	list_add_tail(&of->list, &on->files);
+	if (kn->flags & KERNFS_HAS_RELEASE)
+		on->nr_to_release++;
 
 	mutex_unlock(mutex);
 	return 0;
@@ -584,6 +589,7 @@ static int kernfs_get_open_node(struct kernfs_node *kn,
  *
  *	@kn: target kernfs_node
  *	@of: associated kernfs_open_file
+ *	@open_failed: ->open() failed, cancel ->release()
  *
  *	Unlink @of from list of @kn's associated open files. If list of
  *	associated open files becomes empty, disassociate and free
@@ -593,7 +599,8 @@ static int kernfs_get_open_node(struct kernfs_node *kn,
  *	None.
  */
 static void kernfs_unlink_open_file(struct kernfs_node *kn,
-				 struct kernfs_open_file *of)
+				    struct kernfs_open_file *of,
+				    bool open_failed)
 {
 	struct kernfs_open_node *on;
 	struct mutex *mutex;
@@ -606,8 +613,16 @@ static void kernfs_unlink_open_file(struct kernfs_node *kn,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (of)
+	if (of) {
+		if (kn->flags & KERNFS_HAS_RELEASE) {
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(of->released == open_failed);
+			if (open_failed)
+				on->nr_to_release--;
+		}
+		if (of->mmapped)
+			on->nr_mmapped--;
 		list_del(&of->list);
+	}
 
 	if (list_empty(&on->files)) {
 		rcu_assign_pointer(kn->attr.open, NULL);
@@ -734,7 +749,7 @@ static int kernfs_fop_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 
 err_put_node:
-	kernfs_unlink_open_file(kn, of);
+	kernfs_unlink_open_file(kn, of, true);
 err_seq_release:
 	seq_release(inode, file);
 err_free:
@@ -766,6 +781,7 @@ static void kernfs_release_file(struct kernfs_node *kn,
 		 */
 		kn->attr.ops->release(of);
 		of->released = true;
+		of_on(of)->nr_to_release--;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -782,7 +798,7 @@ static int kernfs_fop_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		mutex_unlock(mutex);
 	}
 
-	kernfs_unlink_open_file(kn, of);
+	kernfs_unlink_open_file(kn, of, false);
 	seq_release(inode, filp);
 	kfree(of->prealloc_buf);
 	kfree(of);
@@ -790,25 +806,30 @@ static int kernfs_fop_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void kernfs_drain_open_files(struct kernfs_node *kn)
+bool kernfs_should_drain_open_files(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 {
 	struct kernfs_open_node *on;
-	struct kernfs_open_file *of;
-	struct mutex *mutex;
-
-	if (!(kn->flags & (KERNFS_HAS_MMAP | KERNFS_HAS_RELEASE)))
-		return;
+	bool ret;
 
 	/*
-	 * lockless opportunistic check is safe below because no one is adding to
-	 * ->attr.open at this point of time. This check allows early bail out
-	 * if ->attr.open is already NULL. kernfs_unlink_open_file makes
-	 * ->attr.open NULL only while holding kernfs_open_file_mutex so below
-	 * check under kernfs_open_file_mutex_ptr(kn) will ensure bailing out if
-	 * ->attr.open became NULL while waiting for the mutex.
+	 * @kn being deactivated guarantees that @kn->attr.open can't change
+	 * beneath us making the lockless test below safe.
 	 */
-	if (!rcu_access_pointer(kn->attr.open))
-		return;
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&kn->active) != KN_DEACTIVATED_BIAS);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	on = rcu_dereference(kn->attr.open);
+	ret = on && (on->nr_mmapped || on->nr_to_release);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void kernfs_drain_open_files(struct kernfs_node *kn)
+{
+	struct kernfs_open_node *on;
+	struct kernfs_open_file *of;
+	struct mutex *mutex;
 
 	mutex = kernfs_open_file_mutex_lock(kn);
 	on = kernfs_deref_open_node_locked(kn);
@@ -820,13 +841,17 @@ void kernfs_drain_open_files(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 	list_for_each_entry(of, &on->files, list) {
 		struct inode *inode = file_inode(of->file);
 
-		if (kn->flags & KERNFS_HAS_MMAP)
+		if (of->mmapped) {
 			unmap_mapping_range(inode->i_mapping, 0, 0, 1);
+			of->mmapped = false;
+			on->nr_mmapped--;
+		}
 
 		if (kn->flags & KERNFS_HAS_RELEASE)
 			kernfs_release_file(kn, of);
 	}
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(on->nr_mmapped || on->nr_to_release);
 	mutex_unlock(mutex);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index 3ae214d02d44..fc5821effd97 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_node *parent,
  */
 extern const struct file_operations kernfs_file_fops;
 
+bool kernfs_should_drain_open_files(struct kernfs_node *kn);
 void kernfs_drain_open_files(struct kernfs_node *kn);
 
 /*
