diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 34262c1..94fd3b0 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@
 			int oflag, mode_t mode, struct mq_attr __user *u_attr)
 {
 	struct mq_attr attr;
+	struct file *result;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (u_attr) {
@@ -612,13 +613,24 @@
 	}
 
 	mode &= ~current->fs->umask;
+	ret = mnt_want_write(mqueue_mnt);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
 	ret = vfs_create(dir->d_inode, dentry, mode, NULL);
 	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_drop_write;
 
-	return dentry_open(dentry, mqueue_mnt, oflag);
+	result = dentry_open(dentry, mqueue_mnt, oflag);
+	/*
+	 * dentry_open() took a persistent mnt_want_write(),
+	 * so we can now drop this one.
+	 */
+	mnt_drop_write(mqueue_mnt);
+	return result;
 
+out_drop_write:
+	mnt_drop_write(mqueue_mnt);
 out:
 	dput(dentry);
 	mntput(mqueue_mnt);