diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index 3e6fcacebe8..3392d50de35 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct ipc_ids {
 };
 
 struct ipc_namespace {
-	struct kref	kref;
+	atomic_t	count;
 	struct ipc_ids	ids[3];
 
 	int		sem_ctls[4];
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct ipc_namespace {
 extern struct ipc_namespace init_ipc_ns;
 extern atomic_t nr_ipc_ns;
 
+extern spinlock_t mq_lock;
 #if defined(CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE) || defined(CONFIG_SYSVIPC)
 #define INIT_IPC_NS(ns)		.ns		= &init_ipc_ns,
 #else
@@ -82,18 +83,18 @@ static inline int ipcns_notify(unsigned long l) { return 0; }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSVIPC */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE
-extern void mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
+extern int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
 /* default values */
 #define DFLT_QUEUESMAX 256     /* max number of message queues */
 #define DFLT_MSGMAX    10      /* max number of messages in each queue */
 #define HARD_MSGMAX    (131072/sizeof(void *))
 #define DFLT_MSGSIZEMAX 8192   /* max message size */
 #else
-#define mq_init_ns(ns) ((void) 0)
+static inline int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_IPC_NS)
-extern void free_ipc_ns(struct kref *kref);
+extern void free_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
 extern struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags,
 				       struct ipc_namespace *ns);
 extern void free_ipcs(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_ids *ids,
@@ -103,14 +104,11 @@ extern void free_ipcs(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_ids *ids,
 static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
 	if (ns)
-		kref_get(&ns->kref);
+		atomic_inc(&ns->count);
 	return ns;
 }
 
-static inline void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
-{
-	kref_put(&ns->kref, free_ipc_ns);
-}
+extern void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
 #else
 static inline struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags,
 		struct ipc_namespace *ns)
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index a3673a09069..c82d7b51ef6 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ static const struct file_operations mqueue_file_operations;
 static struct super_operations mqueue_super_ops;
 static void remove_notification(struct mqueue_inode_info *info);
 
-static spinlock_t mq_lock;
 static struct kmem_cache *mqueue_inode_cachep;
 
 static struct ctl_table_header * mq_sysctl_table;
@@ -98,27 +97,30 @@ static inline struct mqueue_inode_info *MQUEUE_I(struct inode *inode)
 	return container_of(inode, struct mqueue_inode_info, vfs_inode);
 }
 
-void mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+/*
+ * This routine should be called with the mq_lock held.
+ */
+static inline struct ipc_namespace *__get_ns_from_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	ns->mq_queues_count  = 0;
-	ns->mq_queues_max    = DFLT_QUEUESMAX;
-	ns->mq_msg_max       = DFLT_MSGMAX;
-	ns->mq_msgsize_max   = DFLT_MSGSIZEMAX;
-	ns->mq_mnt           = mntget(init_ipc_ns.mq_mnt);
+	return get_ipc_ns(inode->i_sb->s_fs_info);
 }
 
-void mq_exit_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+static struct ipc_namespace *get_ns_from_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	/* will need to clear out ns->mq_mnt->mnt_sb->s_fs_info here */
-	mntput(ns->mq_mnt);
+	struct ipc_namespace *ns;
+
+	spin_lock(&mq_lock);
+	ns = __get_ns_from_inode(inode);
+	spin_unlock(&mq_lock);
+	return ns;
 }
 
-static struct inode *mqueue_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode,
-							struct mq_attr *attr)
+static struct inode *mqueue_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
+		struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns, int mode,
+		struct mq_attr *attr)
 {
 	struct user_struct *u = current_user();
 	struct inode *inode;
-	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns = &init_ipc_ns;
 
 	inode = new_inode(sb);
 	if (inode) {
@@ -193,30 +195,38 @@ out_inode:
 static int mqueue_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
+	struct ipc_namespace *ns = data;
+	int error = 0;
 
 	sb->s_blocksize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	sb->s_magic = MQUEUE_MAGIC;
 	sb->s_op = &mqueue_super_ops;
 
-	inode = mqueue_get_inode(sb, S_IFDIR | S_ISVTX | S_IRWXUGO, NULL);
-	if (!inode)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	inode = mqueue_get_inode(sb, ns, S_IFDIR | S_ISVTX | S_IRWXUGO,
+				NULL);
+	if (!inode) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	sb->s_root = d_alloc_root(inode);
 	if (!sb->s_root) {
 		iput(inode);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		error = -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+out:
+	return error;
 }
 
 static int mqueue_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 			 int flags, const char *dev_name,
 			 void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	return get_sb_single(fs_type, flags, data, mqueue_fill_super, mnt);
+	if (!(flags & MS_KERNMOUNT))
+		data = current->nsproxy->ipc_ns;
+	return get_sb_ns(fs_type, flags, data, mqueue_fill_super, mnt);
 }
 
 static void init_once(void *foo)
@@ -247,12 +257,13 @@ static void mqueue_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	struct user_struct *user;
 	unsigned long mq_bytes;
 	int i;
-	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns = &init_ipc_ns;
+	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		clear_inode(inode);
 		return;
 	}
+	ipc_ns = get_ns_from_inode(inode);
 	info = MQUEUE_I(inode);
 	spin_lock(&info->lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < info->attr.mq_curmsgs; i++)
@@ -268,10 +279,19 @@ static void mqueue_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (user) {
 		spin_lock(&mq_lock);
 		user->mq_bytes -= mq_bytes;
-		ipc_ns->mq_queues_count--;
+		/*
+		 * get_ns_from_inode() ensures that the
+		 * (ipc_ns = sb->s_fs_info) is either a valid ipc_ns
+		 * to which we now hold a reference, or it is NULL.
+		 * We can't put it here under mq_lock, though.
+		 */
+		if (ipc_ns)
+			ipc_ns->mq_queues_count--;
 		spin_unlock(&mq_lock);
 		free_uid(user);
 	}
+	if (ipc_ns)
+		put_ipc_ns(ipc_ns);
 }
 
 static int mqueue_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
@@ -280,9 +300,14 @@ static int mqueue_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct mq_attr *attr = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	int error;
-	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns = &init_ipc_ns;
+	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns;
 
 	spin_lock(&mq_lock);
+	ipc_ns = __get_ns_from_inode(dir);
+	if (!ipc_ns) {
+		error = -EACCES;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 	if (ipc_ns->mq_queues_count >= ipc_ns->mq_queues_max &&
 			!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
 		error = -ENOSPC;
@@ -291,7 +316,7 @@ static int mqueue_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	ipc_ns->mq_queues_count++;
 	spin_unlock(&mq_lock);
 
-	inode = mqueue_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode, attr);
+	inode = mqueue_get_inode(dir->i_sb, ipc_ns, mode, attr);
 	if (!inode) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		spin_lock(&mq_lock);
@@ -299,6 +324,7 @@ static int mqueue_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	put_ipc_ns(ipc_ns);
 	dir->i_size += DIRENT_SIZE;
 	dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = dir->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
@@ -307,6 +333,8 @@ static int mqueue_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return 0;
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&mq_lock);
+	if (ipc_ns)
+		put_ipc_ns(ipc_ns);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -668,7 +696,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(mq_open, const char __user *, u_name, int, oflag, mode_t, mode,
 	char *name;
 	struct mq_attr attr;
 	int fd, error;
-	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns = &init_ipc_ns;
+	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns = current->nsproxy->ipc_ns;
 
 	if (u_attr && copy_from_user(&attr, u_attr, sizeof(struct mq_attr)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -738,7 +766,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(mq_unlink, const char __user *, u_name)
 	char *name;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
-	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns = &init_ipc_ns;
+	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns = current->nsproxy->ipc_ns;
 
 	name = getname(u_name);
 	if (IS_ERR(name))
@@ -1217,6 +1245,32 @@ static struct file_system_type mqueue_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb = kill_litter_super,
 };
 
+int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	ns->mq_queues_count  = 0;
+	ns->mq_queues_max    = DFLT_QUEUESMAX;
+	ns->mq_msg_max       = DFLT_MSGMAX;
+	ns->mq_msgsize_max   = DFLT_MSGSIZEMAX;
+
+	ns->mq_mnt = kern_mount_data(&mqueue_fs_type, ns);
+	if (IS_ERR(ns->mq_mnt)) {
+		int err = PTR_ERR(ns->mq_mnt);
+		ns->mq_mnt = NULL;
+		return err;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void mq_clear_sbinfo(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	ns->mq_mnt->mnt_sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
+}
+
+void mq_put_mnt(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	mntput(ns->mq_mnt);
+}
+
 static int msg_max_limit_min = MIN_MSGMAX;
 static int msg_max_limit_max = MAX_MSGMAX;
 
@@ -1288,15 +1342,14 @@ static int __init init_mqueue_fs(void)
 	if (error)
 		goto out_sysctl;
 
-	init_ipc_ns.mq_mnt = kern_mount(&mqueue_fs_type);
+	spin_lock_init(&mq_lock);
+
+	init_ipc_ns.mq_mnt = kern_mount_data(&mqueue_fs_type, &init_ipc_ns);
 	if (IS_ERR(init_ipc_ns.mq_mnt)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(init_ipc_ns.mq_mnt);
 		goto out_filesystem;
 	}
 
-	/* internal initialization - not common for vfs */
-	spin_lock_init(&mq_lock);
-
 	return 0;
 
 out_filesystem:
diff --git a/ipc/msgutil.c b/ipc/msgutil.c
index 73c316cb861..f095ee26883 100644
--- a/ipc/msgutil.c
+++ b/ipc/msgutil.c
@@ -18,19 +18,16 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mq_lock);
+
 /*
  * The next 2 defines are here bc this is the only file
  * compiled when either CONFIG_SYSVIPC and CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE
  * and not CONFIG_IPC_NS.
  */
 struct ipc_namespace init_ipc_ns = {
-	.kref = {
-		/* It's not for this patch to change, but should this be 1? */
-		.refcount	= ATOMIC_INIT(2),
-	},
+	.count		= ATOMIC_INIT(1),
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE
-	.mq_mnt          = NULL,
-	.mq_queues_count = 0,
 	.mq_queues_max   = DFLT_QUEUESMAX,
 	.mq_msg_max      = DFLT_MSGMAX,
 	.mq_msgsize_max  = DFLT_MSGSIZEMAX,
diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c
index 4b4dc6d847f..4a5e752a927 100644
--- a/ipc/namespace.c
+++ b/ipc/namespace.c
@@ -9,23 +9,31 @@
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
 
 #include "util.h"
 
 static struct ipc_namespace *clone_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *old_ns)
 {
 	struct ipc_namespace *ns;
+	int err;
 
 	ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ipc_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ns == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	atomic_set(&ns->count, 1);
+	err = mq_init_ns(ns);
+	if (err) {
+		kfree(ns);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
 	atomic_inc(&nr_ipc_ns);
 
 	sem_init_ns(ns);
 	msg_init_ns(ns);
 	shm_init_ns(ns);
-	mq_init_ns(ns);
 
 	/*
 	 * msgmni has already been computed for the new ipc ns.
@@ -35,7 +43,6 @@ static struct ipc_namespace *clone_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *old_ns)
 	ipcns_notify(IPCNS_CREATED);
 	register_ipcns_notifier(ns);
 
-	kref_init(&ns->kref);
 	return ns;
 }
 
@@ -85,11 +92,34 @@ void free_ipcs(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_ids *ids,
 	up_write(&ids->rw_mutex);
 }
 
-void free_ipc_ns(struct kref *kref)
+/*
+ * put_ipc_ns - drop a reference to an ipc namespace.
+ * @ns: the namespace to put
+ *
+ * If this is the last task in the namespace exiting, and
+ * it is dropping the refcount to 0, then it can race with
+ * a task in another ipc namespace but in a mounts namespace
+ * which has this ipcns's mqueuefs mounted, doing some action
+ * with one of the mqueuefs files.  That can raise the refcount.
+ * So dropping the refcount, and raising the refcount when
+ * accessing it through the VFS, are protected with mq_lock.
+ *
+ * (Clearly, a task raising the refcount on its own ipc_ns
+ * needn't take mq_lock since it can't race with the last task
+ * in the ipcns exiting).
+ */
+void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
-	struct ipc_namespace *ns;
+	if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&ns->count, &mq_lock)) {
+		mq_clear_sbinfo(ns);
+		spin_unlock(&mq_lock);
+		mq_put_mnt(ns);
+		free_ipc_ns(ns);
+	}
+}
 
-	ns = container_of(kref, struct ipc_namespace, kref);
+void free_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
 	/*
 	 * Unregistering the hotplug notifier at the beginning guarantees
 	 * that the ipc namespace won't be freed while we are inside the
@@ -102,7 +132,6 @@ void free_ipc_ns(struct kref *kref)
 	sem_exit_ns(ns);
 	msg_exit_ns(ns);
 	shm_exit_ns(ns);
-	mq_exit_ns(ns);
 	kfree(ns);
 	atomic_dec(&nr_ipc_ns);
 
diff --git a/ipc/util.h b/ipc/util.h
index 0e7d9223acc..1187332a89d 100644
--- a/ipc/util.h
+++ b/ipc/util.h
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ void shm_init (void);
 struct ipc_namespace;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE
-void mq_exit_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
+extern void mq_clear_sbinfo(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
+extern void mq_put_mnt(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
 #else
-static inline void mq_exit_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns) { }
+static inline void mq_clear_sbinfo(struct ipc_namespace *ns) { }
+static inline void mq_put_mnt(struct ipc_namespace *ns) { }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC