diff --git a/fs/mount.h b/fs/mount.h
index 185fc56afc13..179f690a0c72 100644
--- a/fs/mount.h
+++ b/fs/mount.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct mount {
 	struct dentry *mnt_mountpoint;
 	struct vfsmount mnt;
 	union {
+		struct rb_node mnt_node; /* node in the ns->mounts rbtree */
 		struct rcu_head mnt_rcu;
 		struct llist_node mnt_llist;
 	};
@@ -51,10 +52,7 @@ struct mount {
 	struct list_head mnt_child;	/* and going through their mnt_child */
 	struct list_head mnt_instance;	/* mount instance on sb->s_mounts */
 	const char *mnt_devname;	/* Name of device e.g. /dev/dsk/hda1 */
-	union {
-		struct rb_node mnt_node;	/* Under ns->mounts */
-		struct list_head mnt_list;
-	};
+	struct list_head mnt_list;
 	struct list_head mnt_expire;	/* link in fs-specific expiry list */
 	struct list_head mnt_share;	/* circular list of shared mounts */
 	struct list_head mnt_slave_list;/* list of slave mounts */
@@ -145,11 +143,16 @@ static inline bool is_anon_ns(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
 	return ns->seq == 0;
 }
 
+static inline bool mnt_ns_attached(const struct mount *mnt)
+{
+	return !RB_EMPTY_NODE(&mnt->mnt_node);
+}
+
 static inline void move_from_ns(struct mount *mnt, struct list_head *dt_list)
 {
-	WARN_ON(!(mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_ONRB));
-	mnt->mnt.mnt_flags &= ~MNT_ONRB;
+	WARN_ON(!mnt_ns_attached(mnt));
 	rb_erase(&mnt->mnt_node, &mnt->mnt_ns->mounts);
+	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&mnt->mnt_node);
 	list_add_tail(&mnt->mnt_list, dt_list);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 23e81c2a1e3f..847fa8443e8a 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ static struct mount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
 		INIT_HLIST_NODE(&mnt->mnt_mp_list);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_umounting);
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_stuck_children);
+		RB_CLEAR_NODE(&mnt->mnt_node);
 		mnt->mnt.mnt_idmap = &nop_mnt_idmap;
 	}
 	return mnt;
@@ -1124,7 +1125,7 @@ static void mnt_add_to_ns(struct mnt_namespace *ns, struct mount *mnt)
 	struct rb_node **link = &ns->mounts.rb_node;
 	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
 
-	WARN_ON(mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_ONRB);
+	WARN_ON(mnt_ns_attached(mnt));
 	mnt->mnt_ns = ns;
 	while (*link) {
 		parent = *link;
@@ -1135,7 +1136,6 @@ static void mnt_add_to_ns(struct mnt_namespace *ns, struct mount *mnt)
 	}
 	rb_link_node(&mnt->mnt_node, parent, link);
 	rb_insert_color(&mnt->mnt_node, &ns->mounts);
-	mnt->mnt.mnt_flags |= MNT_ONRB;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ static struct mount *clone_mnt(struct mount *old, struct dentry *root,
 	}
 
 	mnt->mnt.mnt_flags = old->mnt.mnt_flags;
-	mnt->mnt.mnt_flags &= ~(MNT_WRITE_HOLD|MNT_MARKED|MNT_INTERNAL|MNT_ONRB);
+	mnt->mnt.mnt_flags &= ~(MNT_WRITE_HOLD|MNT_MARKED|MNT_INTERNAL);
 
 	atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
 	mnt->mnt.mnt_idmap = mnt_idmap_get(mnt_idmap(&old->mnt));
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ static void umount_tree(struct mount *mnt, enum umount_tree_flags how)
 	/* Gather the mounts to umount */
 	for (p = mnt; p; p = next_mnt(p, mnt)) {
 		p->mnt.mnt_flags |= MNT_UMOUNT;
-		if (p->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_ONRB)
+		if (mnt_ns_attached(p))
 			move_from_ns(p, &tmp_list);
 		else
 			list_move(&p->mnt_list, &tmp_list);
@@ -1912,16 +1912,14 @@ static int do_umount(struct mount *mnt, int flags)
 
 	event++;
 	if (flags & MNT_DETACH) {
-		if (mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_ONRB ||
-		    !list_empty(&mnt->mnt_list))
+		if (mnt_ns_attached(mnt) || !list_empty(&mnt->mnt_list))
 			umount_tree(mnt, UMOUNT_PROPAGATE);
 		retval = 0;
 	} else {
 		shrink_submounts(mnt);
 		retval = -EBUSY;
 		if (!propagate_mount_busy(mnt, 2)) {
-			if (mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_ONRB ||
-			    !list_empty(&mnt->mnt_list))
+			if (mnt_ns_attached(mnt) || !list_empty(&mnt->mnt_list))
 				umount_tree(mnt, UMOUNT_PROPAGATE|UMOUNT_SYNC);
 			retval = 0;
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
index c34c18b4e8f3..04213d8ef837 100644
--- a/include/linux/mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/mount.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct path;
 #define MNT_ATIME_MASK (MNT_NOATIME | MNT_NODIRATIME | MNT_RELATIME )
 
 #define MNT_INTERNAL_FLAGS (MNT_SHARED | MNT_WRITE_HOLD | MNT_INTERNAL | \
-			    MNT_DOOMED | MNT_SYNC_UMOUNT | MNT_MARKED | MNT_ONRB)
+			    MNT_DOOMED | MNT_SYNC_UMOUNT | MNT_MARKED)
 
 #define MNT_INTERNAL	0x4000
 
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ struct path;
 #define MNT_SYNC_UMOUNT		0x2000000
 #define MNT_MARKED		0x4000000
 #define MNT_UMOUNT		0x8000000
-#define MNT_ONRB		0x10000000
 
 struct vfsmount {
 	struct dentry *mnt_root;	/* root of the mounted tree */