diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 51fd5063a69ce5..0e018908446250 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3508,7 +3508,7 @@ int f2fs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 int f2fs_truncate_hole(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pg_start, pgoff_t pg_end);
 void f2fs_truncate_data_blocks_range(struct dnode_of_data *dn, int count);
 int f2fs_do_shutdown(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int flag,
-							bool readonly);
+						bool readonly, bool need_lock);
 int f2fs_precache_extents(struct inode *inode);
 int f2fs_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa);
 int f2fs_fileattr_set(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 5fb8e4242c7a9d..50075f8d5e9bf3 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_abort_atomic_write(struct file *filp)
 }
 
 int f2fs_do_shutdown(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int flag,
-							bool readonly)
+						bool readonly, bool need_lock)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = sbi->sb;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -2344,12 +2344,19 @@ int f2fs_do_shutdown(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int flag,
 	if (readonly)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* grab sb->s_umount to avoid racing w/ remount() */
+	if (need_lock)
+		down_read(&sbi->sb->s_umount);
+
 	f2fs_stop_gc_thread(sbi);
 	f2fs_stop_discard_thread(sbi);
 
 	f2fs_drop_discard_cmd(sbi);
 	clear_opt(sbi, DISCARD);
 
+	if (need_lock)
+		up_read(&sbi->sb->s_umount);
+
 	f2fs_update_time(sbi, REQ_TIME);
 out:
 
@@ -2386,7 +2393,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_shutdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = f2fs_do_shutdown(sbi, in, readonly);
+	ret = f2fs_do_shutdown(sbi, in, readonly, true);
 
 	if (need_drop)
 		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 977f038f355784..1c9316788a1610 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2560,7 +2560,7 @@ static int f2fs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 
 static void f2fs_shutdown(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	f2fs_do_shutdown(F2FS_SB(sb), F2FS_GOING_DOWN_NOSYNC, false);
+	f2fs_do_shutdown(F2FS_SB(sb), F2FS_GOING_DOWN_NOSYNC, false, false);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA