diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
index 5811d89d67b3..bbcd2e02bf63 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ struct ntfs_index {
 /* Ntfs file system in-core superblock data. */
 struct ntfs_sb_info {
 	struct super_block *sb;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 
 	u32 discard_granularity;
 	u64 discard_granularity_mask_inv; // ~(discard_granularity_mask_inv-1)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
index f4a42a0c73a4..841f9068d82f 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void *ntfs_set_shared(void *ptr, u32 bytes)
 	void *ret = NULL;
 	int i, j = -1;
 
-	spin_lock(&s_shared_lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&s_shared_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(s_shared); i++) {
 		if (!s_shared[i].cnt) {
 			j = i;
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void *ntfs_set_shared(void *ptr, u32 bytes)
 		s_shared[j].cnt = 1;
 		ret = ptr;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&s_shared_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&s_shared_lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ void *ntfs_put_shared(void *ptr)
 	void *ret = ptr;
 	int i;
 
-	spin_lock(&s_shared_lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&s_shared_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(s_shared); i++) {
 		if (s_shared[i].cnt && s_shared[i].ptr == ptr) {
 			if (--s_shared[i].cnt)
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ void *ntfs_put_shared(void *ptr)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&s_shared_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&s_shared_lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -708,6 +708,8 @@ static noinline void ntfs3_put_sbi(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 static void ntfs3_free_sbi(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
+	if (sbi->options)
+		put_mount_options(sbi->options);
 	kfree(sbi->new_rec);
 	kvfree(ntfs_put_shared(sbi->upcase));
 	kvfree(sbi->def_table);
@@ -719,6 +721,11 @@ static void ntfs3_free_sbi(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi)
 	kfree(sbi);
 }
 
+static void ntfs3_free_sbi_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	ntfs3_free_sbi(container_of(head, struct ntfs_sb_info, rcu));
+}
+
 static void ntfs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi = sb->s_fs_info;
@@ -728,11 +735,11 @@ static void ntfs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	/* Mark rw ntfs as clear, if possible. */
 	ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_CLEAR);
 
-	if (sbi->options) {
-		put_mount_options(sbi->options);
-		sbi->options = NULL;
-	}
-
+	/*
+	 * The mount options stay until the sbi is freed: ->d_hash() and
+	 * ->d_compare() of a pathwalk in rcu mode read the nls table through
+	 * them.
+	 */
 	ntfs3_put_sbi(sbi);
 }
 
@@ -1939,9 +1946,11 @@ static void ntfs3_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	kill_block_super(sb);
 
-	if (sbi->options)
-		put_mount_options(sbi->options);
-	ntfs3_free_sbi(sbi);
+	/*
+	 * A pathwalk in rcu mode may still be in ->d_hash() or ->d_compare()
+	 * and read the upcase table and the nls table through the sbi.
+	 */
+	call_rcu(&sbi->rcu, ntfs3_free_sbi_rcu);
 }
 
 // clang-format off