diff --git a/fs/autofs/dirhash.c b/fs/autofs/dirhash.c
index 5ccfcf2..3fded38 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/dirhash.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/dirhash.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 			;
 		dput(dentry);
 
-		if ( may_umount(mnt) == 0 ) {
+		if ( may_umount(mnt) ) {
 			mntput(mnt);
 			DPRINTK(("autofs: signaling expire on %s\n", ent->name));
 			return ent; /* Expirable! */
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
index 6ae2fc8..02a218f 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 		goto done;
 
 	/* Update the expiry counter if fs is busy */
-	if (may_umount_tree(mnt)) {
+	if (!may_umount_tree(mnt)) {
 		struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(top);
 		ino->last_used = jiffies;
 		goto done;
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index dcd4802..26eb1f0 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
 {
 	int status = 0;
 
-	if (may_umount(mnt) == 0)
+	if (may_umount(mnt))
 		status = 1;
 
 	DPRINTK("returning %d", status);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index e069a4c..bf478ad 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -459,9 +459,9 @@
 	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
 
 	if (actual_refs > minimum_refs)
-		return -EBUSY;
+		return 0;
 
-	return 0;
+	return 1;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(may_umount_tree);
@@ -481,10 +481,10 @@
  */
 int may_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = 1;
 	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	if (propagate_mount_busy(mnt, 2))
-		ret = -EBUSY;
+		ret = 0;
 	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	return ret;
 }