diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 361ea7ab30ea..ea0485861d93 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ static struct dentry *__d_alloc(struct super_block *sb, const struct qstr *name)
 	dentry->d_lockref.count = 1;
 	dentry->d_flags = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&dentry->d_lock);
-	seqcount_init(&dentry->d_seq);
+	seqcount_spinlock_init(&dentry->d_seq, &dentry->d_lock);
 	dentry->d_inode = NULL;
 	dentry->d_parent = dentry;
 	dentry->d_sb = sb;
diff --git a/fs/fs_struct.c b/fs/fs_struct.c
index ca639ed967b7..04b3f5b9c629 100644
--- a/fs/fs_struct.c
+++ b/fs/fs_struct.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ struct fs_struct *copy_fs_struct(struct fs_struct *old)
 		fs->users = 1;
 		fs->in_exec = 0;
 		spin_lock_init(&fs->lock);
-		seqcount_init(&fs->seq);
+		seqcount_spinlock_init(&fs->seq, &fs->lock);
 		fs->umask = old->umask;
 
 		spin_lock(&old->lock);
@@ -163,6 +163,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(current_umask);
 struct fs_struct init_fs = {
 	.users		= 1,
 	.lock		= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(init_fs.lock),
-	.seq		= SEQCNT_ZERO(init_fs.seq),
+	.seq		= SEQCNT_SPINLOCK_ZERO(init_fs.seq, &init_fs.lock),
 	.umask		= 0022,
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index a81f0c3cf352..65d975bf9390 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ extern struct dentry_stat_t dentry_stat;
 struct dentry {
 	/* RCU lookup touched fields */
 	unsigned int d_flags;		/* protected by d_lock */
-	seqcount_t d_seq;		/* per dentry seqlock */
+	seqcount_spinlock_t d_seq;	/* per dentry seqlock */
 	struct hlist_bl_node d_hash;	/* lookup hash list */
 	struct dentry *d_parent;	/* parent directory */
 	struct qstr d_name;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs_struct.h b/include/linux/fs_struct.h
index cf1015abfbf2..783b48dedb72 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs_struct.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs_struct.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 struct fs_struct {
 	int users;
 	spinlock_t lock;
-	seqcount_t seq;
+	seqcount_spinlock_t seq;
 	int umask;
 	int in_exec;
 	struct path root, pwd;