diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index e4779926edf43b4d4df1049a96d8393a3b50d8ba..190aa717fa327b46a2830a41b5823b75307bda41 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void dnotify_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 		return;
 	dn_mark = container_of(fsn_mark, struct dnotify_mark, fsn_mark);
 
-	mutex_lock(&dnotify_group->mark_mutex);
+	fsnotify_group_lock(dnotify_group);
 
 	spin_lock(&fsn_mark->lock);
 	prev = &dn_mark->dn;
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void dnotify_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 		free = true;
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&dnotify_group->mark_mutex);
+	fsnotify_group_unlock(dnotify_group);
 
 	if (free)
 		fsnotify_free_mark(fsn_mark);
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	new_dn_mark->dn = NULL;
 
 	/* this is needed to prevent the fcntl/close race described below */
-	mutex_lock(&dnotify_group->mark_mutex);
+	fsnotify_group_lock(dnotify_group);
 
 	/* add the new_fsn_mark or find an old one. */
 	fsn_mark = fsnotify_find_mark(&inode->i_fsnotify_marks, dnotify_group);
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	} else {
 		error = fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked(new_fsn_mark, inode, 0);
 		if (error) {
-			mutex_unlock(&dnotify_group->mark_mutex);
+			fsnotify_group_unlock(dnotify_group);
 			goto out_err;
 		}
 		spin_lock(&new_fsn_mark->lock);
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 
 	if (destroy)
 		fsnotify_detach_mark(fsn_mark);
-	mutex_unlock(&dnotify_group->mark_mutex);
+	fsnotify_group_unlock(dnotify_group);
 	if (destroy)
 		fsnotify_free_mark(fsn_mark);
 	fsnotify_put_mark(fsn_mark);
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ static int __init dnotify_init(void)
 					  SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT);
 	dnotify_mark_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_mark, SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT);
 
-	dnotify_group = fsnotify_alloc_group(&dnotify_fsnotify_ops, 0);
+	dnotify_group = fsnotify_alloc_group(&dnotify_fsnotify_ops,
+					     FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS);
 	if (IS_ERR(dnotify_group))
 		panic("unable to allocate fsnotify group for dnotify\n");
 	dnotify_sysctl_init();