diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 88058de59c7c..a2d681a6b5e9 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include "pnode.h"
@@ -150,6 +151,9 @@ struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_share);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_slave_list);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_slave);
+#ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
+		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_fsnotify_marks);
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 		mnt->mnt_writers = alloc_percpu(int);
 		if (!mnt->mnt_writers)
diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index 60e84fd338dd..e0bf86953e1b 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -163,9 +163,7 @@ static bool needed_by_vfsmount(__u32 test_mask, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	if (!mnt)
 		return false;
 
-	/* hook in this when mnt->mnt_fsnotify_mask is defined */
-	/* return (test_mask & path->mnt->mnt_fsnotify_mask); */
-	return false;
+	return (test_mask & mnt->mnt_fsnotify_mask);
 }
 /*
  * This is the main call to fsnotify.  The VFS calls into hook specific functions
diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
index 4bd05474d11d..907210bd9f9c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/mount.h
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ struct vfsmount {
 	struct list_head mnt_mounts;	/* list of children, anchored here */
 	struct list_head mnt_child;	/* and going through their mnt_child */
 	int mnt_flags;
-	/* 4 bytes hole on 64bits arches */
+	/* 4 bytes hole on 64bits arches without fsnotify */
+#ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
+	__u32 mnt_fsnotify_mask;
+	struct hlist_head mnt_fsnotify_marks;
+#endif
 	const char *mnt_devname;	/* Name of device e.g. /dev/dsk/hda1 */
 	struct list_head mnt_list;
 	struct list_head mnt_expire;	/* link in fs-specific expiry list */