diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 204e1e253283..dffebf7b32f3 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ extern int finish_automount(struct vfsmount *, struct path *);
 extern int sb_prepare_remount_readonly(struct super_block *);
 
 extern void __init mnt_init(void);
+int path_umount(struct path *path, int flags);
 
 extern int __mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *);
 extern int __mnt_want_write_file(struct file *);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index dc4424ae82de..9ee8bcf6e425 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1739,6 +1739,52 @@ static inline bool may_mandlock(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * path_mounted - check whether path is mounted
+ * @path: path to check
+ *
+ * Determine whether @path refers to the root of a mount.
+ *
+ * Return: true if @path is the root of a mount, false if not.
+ */
+static inline bool path_mounted(const struct path *path)
+{
+	return path->mnt->mnt_root == path->dentry;
+}
+
+static int can_umount(const struct path *path, int flags)
+{
+	struct mount *mnt = real_mount(path->mnt);
+
+	if (!may_mount())
+		return -EPERM;
+	if (!path_mounted(path))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!check_mnt(mnt))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_LOCKED) /* Check optimistically */
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (flags & MNT_FORCE && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+// caller is responsible for flags being sane
+int path_umount(struct path *path, int flags)
+{
+	struct mount *mnt = real_mount(path->mnt);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = can_umount(path, flags);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = do_umount(mnt, flags);
+
+	/* we mustn't call path_put() as that would clear mnt_expiry_mark */
+	dput(path->dentry);
+	mntput_no_expire(mnt);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Now umount can handle mount points as well as block devices.
  * This is important for filesystems which use unnamed block devices.