diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index ffa3843404e060..8174c8ab5c70e7 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1136,8 +1136,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(umount, char __user *, name, int, flags)
 {
 	struct path path;
 	int retval;
+	int lookup_flags = 0;
 
-	retval = user_path(name, &path);
+	if (flags & ~(MNT_FORCE | MNT_DETACH | MNT_EXPIRE | UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!(flags & UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW))
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+
+	retval = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, name, lookup_flags, &path);
 	if (retval)
 		goto out;
 	retval = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e764f247d0ab85..5b3182c7eb5fcc 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1305,6 +1305,8 @@ extern int send_sigurg(struct fown_struct *fown);
 #define MNT_FORCE	0x00000001	/* Attempt to forcibily umount */
 #define MNT_DETACH	0x00000002	/* Just detach from the tree */
 #define MNT_EXPIRE	0x00000004	/* Mark for expiry */
+#define UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW	0x00000008	/* Don't follow symlink on umount */
+#define UMOUNT_UNUSED	0x80000000	/* Flag guaranteed to be unused */
 
 extern struct list_head super_blocks;
 extern spinlock_t sb_lock;