diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index 77830854ec67..2e656b651574 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ prototypes::
 	struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
-	int (*symlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
+	int (*symlink) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
 	int (*mkdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t);
 	int (*rmdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*mknod) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t,dev_t);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
index 6cf8d7d239b0..5a1195cf34ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined:
 		struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 		int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 		int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
-		int (*symlink) (struct user_namespace *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
+		int (*symlink) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
 		int (*mkdir) (struct user_namespace *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t);
 		int (*rmdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 		int (*mknod) (struct user_namespace *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t,dev_t);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 693afb66c0c1..401c0b63d5bb 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 /**
  * v9fs_vfs_symlink - helper function to create symlinks
- * @mnt_userns: The user namespace of the mount
+ * @idmap: idmap of the mount
  * @dir: directory inode containing symlink
  * @dentry: dentry for symlink
  * @symname: symlink data
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
  */
 
 static int
-v9fs_vfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+v9fs_vfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		 struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " %lu,%pd,%s\n",
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 6f651d5757a5..d3245221ddd4 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(struct p9_stat_dotl *stat, struct inode *inode,
 }
 
 static int
-v9fs_vfs_symlink_dotl(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+v9fs_vfs_symlink_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		      struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index 31a56a461c9f..f9f986a2c509 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ extern int	affs_mkdir(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 extern int	affs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 extern int	affs_link(struct dentry *olddentry, struct inode *dir,
 			  struct dentry *dentry);
-extern int	affs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+extern int	affs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			const char *symname);
 extern int	affs_rename2(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index 661852c95c5a..1d7f7232964d 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ affs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 
 int
-affs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+affs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	     struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	struct super_block	*sb = dir->i_sb;
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index a70495fd0886..a936aa8191b2 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int afs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 static int afs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 static int afs_link(struct dentry *from, struct inode *dir,
 		    struct dentry *dentry);
-static int afs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int afs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, const char *content);
 static int afs_rename(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *old_dir,
 		      struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *new_dir,
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ static const struct afs_operation_ops afs_symlink_operation = {
 /*
  * create a symlink in an AFS filesystem
  */
-static int afs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int afs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, const char *content)
 {
 	struct afs_operation *op;
diff --git a/fs/autofs/root.c b/fs/autofs/root.c
index ca03c1cae2be..bf0029cef304 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/root.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "autofs_i.h"
 
 static int autofs_dir_permission(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, int);
-static int autofs_dir_symlink(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *,
+static int autofs_dir_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,
 			      struct dentry *, const char *);
 static int autofs_dir_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 static int autofs_dir_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static int autofs_dir_permission(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	return generic_permission(mnt_userns, inode, mask);
 }
 
-static int autofs_dir_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+static int autofs_dir_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			      struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			      const char *symname)
 {
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index 8712fc1b3ff1..2d3ca4b5628f 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int bad_inode_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int bad_inode_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+static int bad_inode_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			     struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			     const char *symname)
 {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 3621e9a131d1..f4879dd92035 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9758,9 +9758,10 @@ int btrfs_start_delalloc_roots(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, long nr,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int btrfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int btrfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			 struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
+	struct user_namespace *mnt_userns = mnt_idmap_owner(idmap);
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(dir->i_sb);
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(dir)->root;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index cf4f70e558de..114375efa2f7 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static int ceph_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	return ceph_mknod(mnt_userns, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
 
-static int ceph_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int ceph_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, const char *dest)
 {
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = ceph_sb_to_mdsc(dir->i_sb);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 0d4b3bfa1c3a..52256b751c75 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ extern struct vfsmount *cifs_dfs_d_automount(struct path *path);
 /* Functions related to symlinks */
 extern const char *cifs_get_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *,
 			struct delayed_call *);
-extern int cifs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode,
+extern int cifs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *inode,
 			struct dentry *direntry, const char *symname);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_XATTR
diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index bd374feeccaa..0ff9eab697a2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ cifs_hardlink(struct dentry *old_file, struct inode *inode,
 }
 
 int
-cifs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode,
+cifs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *inode,
 	     struct dentry *direntry, const char *symname)
 {
 	int rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 480bca167928..b8e82bc0071f 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int coda_link(struct dentry *source_de, struct inode *dir_inode,
 }
 
 
-static int coda_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+static int coda_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			struct inode *dir_inode, struct dentry *de,
 			const char *symname)
 {
diff --git a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
index a94493ed3146..e710a1782382 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
+++ b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ extern const struct inode_operations configfs_root_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations configfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 extern const struct dentry_operations configfs_dentry_ops;
 
-extern int configfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+extern int configfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			    struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			    const char *symname);
 extern int configfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index 0623c3edcfb9..91db306dfeec 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int get_target(const char *symname, struct path *path,
 }
 
 
-int configfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+int configfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		     struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index afc49ab46c5f..692320ee079d 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	return ecryptfs_do_unlink(dir, dentry, d_inode(dentry));
 }
 
-static int ecryptfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+static int ecryptfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			    struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			    const char *symname)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 1d4d807e0934..72d9a3111001 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int ext2_mknod (struct user_namespace * mnt_userns, struct inode * dir,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ext2_symlink (struct user_namespace * mnt_userns, struct inode * dir,
+static int ext2_symlink (struct mnt_idmap * idmap, struct inode * dir,
 	struct dentry * dentry, const char * symname)
 {
 	struct super_block * sb = dir->i_sb;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 0bb43e4a28d5..11d9c1d1fc56 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3340,9 +3340,10 @@ static int ext4_init_symlink_block(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ext4_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int ext4_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
+	struct user_namespace *mnt_userns = mnt_idmap_owner(idmap);
 	handle_t *handle;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int err, len = strlen(symname);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index aacf4e2764d2..5ef5ed50ce80 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -660,9 +660,10 @@ static const char *f2fs_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 	return link;
 }
 
-static int f2fs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int f2fs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
+	struct user_namespace *mnt_userns = mnt_idmap_owner(idmap);
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(dir);
 	struct inode *inode;
 	size_t len = strlen(symname);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index b74824686229..179d8a33e13e 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static int fuse_mkdir(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 	return create_new_entry(fm, &args, dir, entry, S_IFDIR);
 }
 
-static int fuse_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int fuse_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *entry, const char *link)
 {
 	struct fuse_mount *fm = get_fuse_mount(dir);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index f58b13a2d895..830049759b07 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ static int gfs2_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 /**
  * gfs2_symlink - Create a symlink
- * @mnt_userns: User namespace of the mount the inode was found from
+ * @idmap: idmap of the mount the inode was found from
  * @dir: The directory to create the symlink in
  * @dentry: The dentry to put the symlink in
  * @symname: The thing which the link points to
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ static int gfs2_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-static int gfs2_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int gfs2_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	unsigned int size;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index 2ce051fb2d14..36927ca6b1f5 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static int hfsplus_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int hfsplus_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int hfsplus_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			   struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(dir->i_sb);
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index d6174206a123..e78f53e60dcd 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ static int hostfs_unlink(struct inode *ino, struct dentry *dentry)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int hostfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *ino,
+static int hostfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *ino,
 			  struct dentry *dentry, const char *to)
 {
 	char *file;
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index f6cbd4a4b94d..c5f0aec11457 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static int hpfs_mknod(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int hpfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int hpfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, const char *symlink)
 {
 	const unsigned char *name = dentry->d_name.name;
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 7ffcf4b18685..170c99cb3095 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ static int hugetlbfs_tmpfile(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	return finish_open_simple(file, 0);
 }
 
-static int hugetlbfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+static int hugetlbfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			     struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			     const char *symname)
 {
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 7494563f04fa..51433fef9d2b 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static struct dentry *jffs2_lookup (struct inode *,struct dentry *,
 				    unsigned int);
 static int jffs2_link (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 static int jffs2_unlink (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
-static int jffs2_symlink (struct user_namespace *, struct inode *,
+static int jffs2_symlink (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,
 			  struct dentry *, const char *);
 static int jffs2_mkdir (struct user_namespace *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,
 			umode_t);
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static int jffs2_link (struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir_i, struct de
 
 /***********************************************************************/
 
-static int jffs2_symlink (struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir_i,
+static int jffs2_symlink (struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir_i,
 			  struct dentry *dentry, const char *target)
 {
 	struct jffs2_inode_info *f, *dir_f;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 9d06479e549e..e7d65581db75 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ static int jfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
  * an intermediate result whose length exceeds PATH_MAX [XPG4.2]
 */
 
-static int jfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dip,
+static int jfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dip,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	int rc;
diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index b8621cf9c933..0a07410a1a27 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int minix_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	return minix_mknod(&init_user_ns, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
 
-static int minix_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int minix_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			 struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	int err = -ENAMETOOLONG;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index f356719c2413..24ad4a8963df 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4394,8 +4394,9 @@ int vfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		struct dentry *dentry, const char *oldname)
 {
 	struct user_namespace *mnt_userns = mnt_idmap_owner(idmap);
-	int error = may_create(mnt_userns, dir, dentry);
+	int error;
 
+	error = may_create(mnt_userns, dir, dentry);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -4406,7 +4407,7 @@ int vfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = dir->i_op->symlink(mnt_userns, dir, dentry, oldname);
+	error = dir->i_op->symlink(idmap, dir, dentry, oldname);
 	if (!error)
 		fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index a54337c181fe..5ae3ed47c388 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2524,7 +2524,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_unlink);
  * now have a new file handle and can instantiate an in-core NFS inode
  * and move the raw page into its mapping.
  */
-int nfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+int nfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	struct page *page;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 988a1553286f..33ec2c2a52de 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ int nfs_mkdir(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 	      umode_t);
 int nfs_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 int nfs_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
-int nfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
+int nfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 		const char *);
 int nfs_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 int nfs_mknod(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t,
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 4be5d9d34003..d6cd71bb91e0 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ nilfs_mknod(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int nilfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int nilfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			 struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
index 8e46372a7ab7..be6a00a07004 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
@@ -184,9 +184,10 @@ static int ntfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 /*
  * ntfs_symlink - inode_operations::symlink
  */
-static int ntfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int ntfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
+	struct user_namespace *mnt_userns = mnt_idmap_owner(idmap);
 	u32 size = strlen(symname);
 	struct inode *inode;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index c931ddb41e94..dedb37a88345 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ static int ocfs2_create_symlink_data(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	return status;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+static int ocfs2_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			 struct inode *dir,
 			 struct dentry *dentry,
 			 const char *symname)
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/namei.c b/fs/orangefs/namei.c
index a47e73f564e4..59866be48329 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/namei.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static int orangefs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int orangefs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+static int orangefs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		         struct inode *dir,
 			 struct dentry *dentry,
 			 const char *symname)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index fc3726586722..272906ec9512 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ static int ovl_mknod(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 	return ovl_create_object(dentry, mode, rdev, NULL);
 }
 
-static int ovl_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int ovl_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, const char *link)
 {
 	return ovl_create_object(dentry, S_IFLNK, 0, link);
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index 77fd43f847ab..f97b8856cebf 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int ramfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	return ramfs_mknod(&init_user_ns, dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
 }
 
-static int ramfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int ramfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			 struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index c1b91a965640..062e05f1b961 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ static int reiserfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static int reiserfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+static int reiserfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			    struct inode *parent_dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			    const char *symname)
 {
diff --git a/fs/sysv/namei.c b/fs/sysv/namei.c
index f862fb8584c0..c277c0a8f6b2 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/namei.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/namei.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int sysv_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	return sysv_mknod(&init_user_ns, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
 
-static int sysv_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int sysv_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	int err = -ENAMETOOLONG;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 43a1d9c0e9e0..325c5693fb5f 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ static int ubifs_mknod(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ubifs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int ubifs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			 struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index 91921a3838fa..f2c3ee7ebe1b 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ static int udf_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static int udf_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int udf_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = udf_new_inode(dir, S_IFLNK | 0777);
diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index 6904ce95a143..cb3d9bee6626 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int ufs_mknod(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ufs_symlink (struct user_namespace * mnt_userns, struct inode * dir,
+static int ufs_symlink (struct mnt_idmap * idmap, struct inode * dir,
 	struct dentry * dentry, const char * symname)
 {
 	struct super_block * sb = dir->i_sb;
diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
index 0a9e76c87066..95d54cb5221d 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static int vboxsf_dir_rename(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int vboxsf_dir_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+static int vboxsf_dir_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			      struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 			      const char *symname)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index 969074864328..4f9fcd0cf8ba 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -401,11 +401,12 @@ xfs_vn_unlink(
 
 STATIC int
 xfs_vn_symlink(
-	struct user_namespace	*mnt_userns,
+	struct mnt_idmap	*idmap,
 	struct inode		*dir,
 	struct dentry		*dentry,
 	const char		*symname)
 {
+	struct user_namespace	*mnt_userns = mnt_idmap_owner(idmap);
 	struct inode	*inode;
 	struct xfs_inode *cip = NULL;
 	struct xfs_name	name;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index fddfacf2583a..4bde68e15d5c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
 		       umode_t, bool);
 	int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
-	int (*symlink) (struct user_namespace *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,
+	int (*symlink) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,
 			const char *);
 	int (*mkdir) (struct user_namespace *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,
 		      umode_t);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/inode.c b/kernel/bpf/inode.c
index 4f841e16779e..32c8f695e0b5 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/inode.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/inode.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ bpf_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned flags)
 	return simple_lookup(dir, dentry, flags);
 }
 
-static int bpf_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int bpf_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, const char *target)
 {
 	char *link = kstrdup(target, GFP_USER | __GFP_NOWARN);
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 8c2969494bc5..38b973f116d8 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3124,7 +3124,7 @@ static int shmem_rename2(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int shmem_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
+static int shmem_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			 struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
 	int error;