diff --git a/mm/mmu_notifier.c b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
index 8a5ac8c686b0..f5c3d968d8c6 100644
--- a/mm/mmu_notifier.c
+++ b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
@@ -37,49 +37,51 @@ static struct srcu_struct srcu;
 void __mmu_notifier_release(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	struct mmu_notifier *mn;
-	struct hlist_node *n;
 	int id;
 
 	/*
-	 * SRCU here will block mmu_notifier_unregister until
-	 * ->release returns.
+	 * srcu_read_lock() here will block synchronize_srcu() in
+	 * mmu_notifier_unregister() until all registered
+	 * ->release() callouts this function makes have
+	 * returned.
 	 */
 	id = srcu_read_lock(&srcu);
-	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(mn, n, &mm->mmu_notifier_mm->list, hlist)
-		/*
-		 * if ->release runs before mmu_notifier_unregister it
-		 * must be handled as it's the only way for the driver
-		 * to flush all existing sptes and stop the driver
-		 * from establishing any more sptes before all the
-		 * pages in the mm are freed.
-		 */
-		if (mn->ops->release)
-			mn->ops->release(mn, mm);
-	srcu_read_unlock(&srcu, id);
-
 	spin_lock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
 	while (unlikely(!hlist_empty(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->list))) {
 		mn = hlist_entry(mm->mmu_notifier_mm->list.first,
 				 struct mmu_notifier,
 				 hlist);
+
 		/*
-		 * We arrived before mmu_notifier_unregister so
-		 * mmu_notifier_unregister will do nothing other than
-		 * to wait ->release to finish and
-		 * mmu_notifier_unregister to return.
+		 * Unlink.  This will prevent mmu_notifier_unregister()
+		 * from also making the ->release() callout.
 		 */
 		hlist_del_init_rcu(&mn->hlist);
+		spin_unlock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
+
+		/*
+		 * Clear sptes. (see 'release' description in mmu_notifier.h)
+		 */
+		if (mn->ops->release)
+			mn->ops->release(mn, mm);
+
+		spin_lock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * synchronize_srcu here prevents mmu_notifier_release to
-	 * return to exit_mmap (which would proceed freeing all pages
-	 * in the mm) until the ->release method returns, if it was
-	 * invoked by mmu_notifier_unregister.
-	 *
-	 * The mmu_notifier_mm can't go away from under us because one
-	 * mm_count is hold by exit_mmap.
+	 * All callouts to ->release() which we have done are complete.
+	 * Allow synchronize_srcu() in mmu_notifier_unregister() to complete
+	 */
+	srcu_read_unlock(&srcu, id);
+
+	/*
+	 * mmu_notifier_unregister() may have unlinked a notifier and may
+	 * still be calling out to it.	Additionally, other notifiers
+	 * may have been active via vmtruncate() et. al. Block here
+	 * to ensure that all notifier callouts for this mm have been
+	 * completed and the sptes are really cleaned up before returning
+	 * to exit_mmap().
 	 */
 	synchronize_srcu(&srcu);
 }
@@ -294,31 +296,31 @@ void mmu_notifier_unregister(struct mmu_notifier *mn, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&mm->mm_count) <= 0);
 
+	spin_lock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
 	if (!hlist_unhashed(&mn->hlist)) {
-		/*
-		 * SRCU here will force exit_mmap to wait ->release to finish
-		 * before freeing the pages.
-		 */
 		int id;
 
-		id = srcu_read_lock(&srcu);
 		/*
-		 * exit_mmap will block in mmu_notifier_release to
-		 * guarantee ->release is called before freeing the
-		 * pages.
+		 * Ensure we synchronize up with __mmu_notifier_release().
 		 */
-		if (mn->ops->release)
-			mn->ops->release(mn, mm);
-		srcu_read_unlock(&srcu, id);
+		id = srcu_read_lock(&srcu);
 
-		spin_lock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
 		hlist_del_rcu(&mn->hlist);
 		spin_unlock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
-	}
+
+		if (mn->ops->release)
+			mn->ops->release(mn, mm);
+
+		/*
+		 * Allow __mmu_notifier_release() to complete.
+		 */
+		srcu_read_unlock(&srcu, id);
+	} else
+		spin_unlock(&mm->mmu_notifier_mm->lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Wait any running method to finish, of course including
-	 * ->release if it was run by mmu_notifier_relase instead of us.
+	 * Wait for any running method to finish, including ->release() if it
+	 * was run by __mmu_notifier_release() instead of us.
 	 */
 	synchronize_srcu(&srcu);