diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 5fceb2854395..367f1c7cb6db 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2527,10 +2527,6 @@ static int change_mount_ro_state(struct mount *mnt, unsigned int mnt_flags)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Update the user-settable attributes on a mount.  The caller must hold
- * sb->s_umount for writing.
- */
 static void set_mount_attributes(struct mount *mnt, unsigned int mnt_flags)
 {
 	mnt_flags |= mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & ~MNT_USER_SETTABLE_MASK;
@@ -2580,13 +2576,17 @@ static int do_reconfigure_mnt(struct path *path, unsigned int mnt_flags)
 	if (!can_change_locked_flags(mnt, mnt_flags))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	down_write(&sb->s_umount);
+	/*
+	 * We're only checking whether the superblock is read-only not
+	 * changing it, so only take down_read(&sb->s_umount).
+	 */
+	down_read(&sb->s_umount);
 	lock_mount_hash();
 	ret = change_mount_ro_state(mnt, mnt_flags);
 	if (ret == 0)
 		set_mount_attributes(mnt, mnt_flags);
 	unlock_mount_hash();
-	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
+	up_read(&sb->s_umount);
 
 	mnt_warn_timestamp_expiry(path, &mnt->mnt);