diff --git a/fs/gfs2/mount.c b/fs/gfs2/mount.c
index 3cb0a44ba023..3524ae81189b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/mount.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/mount.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "gfs2.h"
 #include "incore.h"
-#include "mount.h"
+#include "super.h"
 #include "sys.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
@@ -77,101 +77,46 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
  * Return: errno
  */
 
-int gfs2_mount_args(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, char *data_arg, int remount)
+int gfs2_mount_args(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_args *args, char *options)
 {
-	struct gfs2_args *args = &sdp->sd_args;
-	char *data = data_arg;
-	char *options, *o, *v;
-	int error = 0;
-
-	if (!remount) {
-		/*  Set some defaults  */
-		args->ar_quota = GFS2_QUOTA_DEFAULT;
-		args->ar_data = GFS2_DATA_DEFAULT;
-	}
+	char *o;
+	int token;
+	substring_t tmp[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
 
 	/* Split the options into tokens with the "," character and
 	   process them */
 
-	for (options = data; (o = strsep(&options, ",")); ) {
-		int token;
-		substring_t tmp[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
-
-		if (!*o)
+	while (1) {
+		o = strsep(&options, ",");
+		if (o == NULL)
+			break;
+		if (*o == '\0')
 			continue;
 
 		token = match_token(o, tokens, tmp);
 		switch (token) {
 		case Opt_lockproto:
-			v = match_strdup(&tmp[0]);
-			if (!v) {
-				fs_info(sdp, "no memory for lockproto\n");
-				error = -ENOMEM;
-				goto out_error;
-			}
-
-			if (remount && strcmp(v, args->ar_lockproto)) {
-				kfree(v);
-				goto cant_remount;
-			}
-			
-			strncpy(args->ar_lockproto, v, GFS2_LOCKNAME_LEN);
-			args->ar_lockproto[GFS2_LOCKNAME_LEN - 1] = 0;
-			kfree(v);
+			match_strlcpy(args->ar_lockproto, &tmp[0],
+				      GFS2_LOCKNAME_LEN);
 			break;
 		case Opt_locktable:
-			v = match_strdup(&tmp[0]);
-			if (!v) {
-				fs_info(sdp, "no memory for locktable\n");
-				error = -ENOMEM;
-				goto out_error;
-			}
-
-			if (remount && strcmp(v, args->ar_locktable)) {
-				kfree(v);
-				goto cant_remount;
-			}
-
-			strncpy(args->ar_locktable, v, GFS2_LOCKNAME_LEN);
-			args->ar_locktable[GFS2_LOCKNAME_LEN - 1]  = 0;
-			kfree(v);
+			match_strlcpy(args->ar_locktable, &tmp[0],
+				      GFS2_LOCKNAME_LEN);
 			break;
 		case Opt_hostdata:
-			v = match_strdup(&tmp[0]);
-			if (!v) {
-				fs_info(sdp, "no memory for hostdata\n");
-				error = -ENOMEM;
-				goto out_error;
-			}
-
-			if (remount && strcmp(v, args->ar_hostdata)) {
-				kfree(v);
-				goto cant_remount;
-			}
-
-			strncpy(args->ar_hostdata, v, GFS2_LOCKNAME_LEN);
-			args->ar_hostdata[GFS2_LOCKNAME_LEN - 1] = 0;
-			kfree(v);
+			match_strlcpy(args->ar_hostdata, &tmp[0],
+				      GFS2_LOCKNAME_LEN);
 			break;
 		case Opt_spectator:
-			if (remount && !args->ar_spectator)
-				goto cant_remount;
 			args->ar_spectator = 1;
-			sdp->sd_vfs->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 			break;
 		case Opt_ignore_local_fs:
-			if (remount && !args->ar_ignore_local_fs)
-				goto cant_remount;
 			args->ar_ignore_local_fs = 1;
 			break;
 		case Opt_localflocks:
-			if (remount && !args->ar_localflocks)
-				goto cant_remount;
 			args->ar_localflocks = 1;
 			break;
 		case Opt_localcaching:
-			if (remount && !args->ar_localcaching)
-				goto cant_remount;
 			args->ar_localcaching = 1;
 			break;
 		case Opt_debug:
@@ -181,17 +126,13 @@ int gfs2_mount_args(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, char *data_arg, int remount)
 			args->ar_debug = 0;
 			break;
 		case Opt_upgrade:
-			if (remount && !args->ar_upgrade)
-				goto cant_remount;
 			args->ar_upgrade = 1;
 			break;
 		case Opt_acl:
 			args->ar_posix_acl = 1;
-			sdp->sd_vfs->s_flags |= MS_POSIXACL;
 			break;
 		case Opt_noacl:
 			args->ar_posix_acl = 0;
-			sdp->sd_vfs->s_flags &= ~MS_POSIXACL;
 			break;
 		case Opt_quota_off:
 			args->ar_quota = GFS2_QUOTA_OFF;
@@ -215,29 +156,15 @@ int gfs2_mount_args(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, char *data_arg, int remount)
 			args->ar_data = GFS2_DATA_ORDERED;
 			break;
 		case Opt_meta:
-			if (remount && args->ar_meta != 1)
-				goto cant_remount;
 			args->ar_meta = 1;
 			break;
 		case Opt_err:
 		default:
-			fs_info(sdp, "unknown option: %s\n", o);
-			error = -EINVAL;
-			goto out_error;
+			fs_info(sdp, "invalid mount option: %s\n", o);
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
 
-out_error:
-	if (error)
-		fs_info(sdp, "invalid mount option(s)\n");
-
-	if (data != data_arg)
-		kfree(data);
-
-	return error;
-
-cant_remount:
-	fs_info(sdp, "can't remount with option %s\n", o);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/mount.h b/fs/gfs2/mount.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 401288acfdf3..000000000000
--- a/fs/gfs2/mount.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) Sistina Software, Inc.  1997-2003 All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
- *
- * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
- * modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
- * of the GNU General Public License version 2.
- */
-
-#ifndef __MOUNT_DOT_H__
-#define __MOUNT_DOT_H__
-
-struct gfs2_sbd;
-
-int gfs2_mount_args(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, char *data_arg, int remount);
-
-#endif /* __MOUNT_DOT_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index f91eebdde581..3eb49edae542 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "glock.h"
 #include "glops.h"
 #include "inode.h"
-#include "mount.h"
 #include "recovery.h"
 #include "rgrp.h"
 #include "super.h"
@@ -1116,12 +1115,20 @@ static int fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	error = gfs2_mount_args(sdp, (char *)data, 0);
+	sdp->sd_args.ar_quota = GFS2_QUOTA_DEFAULT;
+	sdp->sd_args.ar_data = GFS2_DATA_DEFAULT;
+
+	error = gfs2_mount_args(sdp, &sdp->sd_args, data);
 	if (error) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "GFS2: can't parse mount arguments\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	if (sdp->sd_args.ar_spectator)
+                sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
+	if (sdp->sd_args.ar_posix_acl)
+		sb->s_flags |= MS_POSIXACL;
+
 	sb->s_magic = GFS2_MAGIC;
 	sb->s_op = &gfs2_super_ops;
 	sb->s_export_op = &gfs2_export_ops;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c
index 320323d03479..f0699ac453f7 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "glock.h"
 #include "inode.h"
 #include "log.h"
-#include "mount.h"
 #include "quota.h"
 #include "recovery.h"
 #include "rgrp.h"
@@ -40,6 +39,8 @@
 #include "bmap.h"
 #include "meta_io.h"
 
+#define args_neq(a1, a2, x) ((a1)->ar_##x != (a2)->ar_##x)
+
 /**
  * gfs2_write_inode - Make sure the inode is stable on the disk
  * @inode: The inode
@@ -435,25 +436,45 @@ static int gfs2_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 static int gfs2_remount_fs(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct gfs2_args args = sdp->sd_args; /* Default to current settings */
 	int error;
 
-	error = gfs2_mount_args(sdp, data, 1);
+	error = gfs2_mount_args(sdp, &args, data);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
+	/* Not allowed to change locking details */
+	if (strcmp(args.ar_lockproto, sdp->sd_args.ar_lockproto) ||
+	    strcmp(args.ar_locktable, sdp->sd_args.ar_locktable) ||
+	    strcmp(args.ar_hostdata, sdp->sd_args.ar_hostdata))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Some flags must not be changed */
+	if (args_neq(&args, &sdp->sd_args, spectator) ||
+	    args_neq(&args, &sdp->sd_args, ignore_local_fs) ||
+	    args_neq(&args, &sdp->sd_args, localflocks) ||
+	    args_neq(&args, &sdp->sd_args, localcaching) ||
+	    args_neq(&args, &sdp->sd_args, meta))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (sdp->sd_args.ar_spectator)
 		*flags |= MS_RDONLY;
-	else {
-		if (*flags & MS_RDONLY) {
-			if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
-				error = gfs2_make_fs_ro(sdp);
-		} else if (!(*flags & MS_RDONLY) &&
-			   (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+
+	if ((sb->s_flags ^ *flags) & MS_RDONLY) {
+		if (*flags & MS_RDONLY)
+			error = gfs2_make_fs_ro(sdp);
+		else
 			error = gfs2_make_fs_rw(sdp);
-		}
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 	}
 
-	return error;
+	sdp->sd_args = args;
+	if (sdp->sd_args.ar_posix_acl)
+		sb->s_flags |= MS_POSIXACL;
+	else
+		sb->s_flags &= ~MS_POSIXACL;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.h b/fs/gfs2/super.h
index f6b8b00ad881..91abdbedcc86 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
 #include "incore.h"
 
-void gfs2_lm_unmount(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
+extern void gfs2_lm_unmount(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
 
 static inline unsigned int gfs2_jindex_size(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 {
@@ -27,21 +27,23 @@ static inline unsigned int gfs2_jindex_size(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 
 void gfs2_jindex_free(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
 
-struct gfs2_jdesc *gfs2_jdesc_find(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned int jid);
-int gfs2_jdesc_check(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd);
+extern int gfs2_mount_args(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_args *args, char *data);
 
-int gfs2_lookup_in_master_dir(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, char *filename,
-			      struct gfs2_inode **ipp);
+extern struct gfs2_jdesc *gfs2_jdesc_find(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned int jid);
+extern int gfs2_jdesc_check(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd);
 
-int gfs2_make_fs_rw(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
+extern int gfs2_lookup_in_master_dir(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, char *filename,
+				     struct gfs2_inode **ipp);
 
-int gfs2_statfs_init(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
-void gfs2_statfs_change(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp,
-			s64 total, s64 free, s64 dinodes);
-int gfs2_statfs_sync(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
+extern int gfs2_make_fs_rw(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
 
-int gfs2_freeze_fs(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
-void gfs2_unfreeze_fs(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
+extern int gfs2_statfs_init(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
+extern void gfs2_statfs_change(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, s64 total, s64 free,
+			       s64 dinodes);
+extern int gfs2_statfs_sync(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
+
+extern int gfs2_freeze_fs(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
+extern void gfs2_unfreeze_fs(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
 
 extern struct file_system_type gfs2_fs_type;
 extern struct file_system_type gfs2meta_fs_type;