diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 5fb1e4a430f8b879d0d3ecc77cf4d4c41305543a..ddd9d47059ee51730634ae76e0ff5422690e6461 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1830,6 +1830,20 @@ void drop_collected_mounts(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	namespace_unlock();
 }
 
+static bool has_locked_children(struct mount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct mount *child;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(child, &mnt->mnt_mounts, mnt_child) {
+		if (!is_subdir(child->mnt_mountpoint, dentry))
+			continue;
+
+		if (child->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_LOCKED)
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * clone_private_mount - create a private clone of a path
  *
@@ -1844,16 +1858,27 @@ struct vfsmount *clone_private_mount(struct path *path)
 	struct mount *old_mnt = real_mount(path->mnt);
 	struct mount *new_mnt;
 
+	down_read(&namespace_sem);
 	if (IS_MNT_UNBINDABLE(old_mnt))
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		goto invalid;
+
+	if (!check_mnt(old_mnt))
+		goto invalid;
+
+	if (has_locked_children(old_mnt, path->dentry))
+		goto invalid;
 
-	down_read(&namespace_sem);
 	new_mnt = clone_mnt(old_mnt, path->dentry, CL_PRIVATE);
 	up_read(&namespace_sem);
+
 	if (IS_ERR(new_mnt))
 		return ERR_CAST(new_mnt);
 
 	return &new_mnt->mnt;
+
+invalid:
+	up_read(&namespace_sem);
+	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clone_private_mount);
 
@@ -2169,19 +2194,6 @@ static int do_change_type(struct path *path, int flag)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static bool has_locked_children(struct mount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	struct mount *child;
-	list_for_each_entry(child, &mnt->mnt_mounts, mnt_child) {
-		if (!is_subdir(child->mnt_mountpoint, dentry))
-			continue;
-
-		if (child->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_LOCKED)
-			return true;
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-
 /*
  * do loopback mount.
  */