Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger crash: Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+bca9799bf129256190da@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: 5749fe5a ext4: avoid race conditions when remounting with .. git tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=175fcaead7a60c3f dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bca9799bf129256190da compiler: gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental) Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.