diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 5dc137a22d406c0f20d276adb7895dbb602f3546..7660c2749c96f075c721b701e0ee4839fe62cb82 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2105,6 +2105,7 @@ static int attach_recursive_mnt(struct mount *source_mnt,
 		/* Notice when we are propagating across user namespaces */
 		if (child->mnt_parent->mnt_ns->user_ns != user_ns)
 			lock_mnt_tree(child);
+		child->mnt.mnt_flags &= ~MNT_LOCKED;
 		commit_tree(child);
 	}
 	put_mountpoint(smp);
diff --git a/fs/pnode.c b/fs/pnode.c
index 595857a1883e1a68a207fb32beef9c20a8bcd0e2..49f6d7ff21394f5e15e440ade00ba3363e27cf68 100644
--- a/fs/pnode.c
+++ b/fs/pnode.c
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ static int propagate_one(struct mount *m)
 	child = copy_tree(last_source, last_source->mnt.mnt_root, type);
 	if (IS_ERR(child))
 		return PTR_ERR(child);
-	child->mnt.mnt_flags &= ~MNT_LOCKED;
 	mnt_set_mountpoint(m, mp, child);
 	last_dest = m;
 	last_source = child;