diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index cd9f84c4bbf5..c59852b38787 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2321,7 +2321,8 @@ static void proc_flush_task_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, pid_t pid, pid_t tgid)
 	name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", pid);
 	dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, &name);
 	if (dentry) {
-		shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
+		if (!(current->flags & PF_EXITING))
+			shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
 		d_drop(dentry);
 		dput(dentry);
 	}