diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 64b71c4e2a9d..b61643427e46 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -804,7 +804,8 @@ cifs_get_root(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx, struct super_block *sb)
 		while (*s && *s != sep)
 			s++;
 
-		child = lookup_positive_unlocked(p, dentry, s - p);
+		child = lookup_positive_unlocked(&init_user_ns, p,
+						 dentry, s - p);
 		dput(dentry);
 		dentry = child;
 	} while (!IS_ERR(dentry));
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 92db343f35f4..eda31d0966a5 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_lookup(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
 	if (!parent)
 		parent = debugfs_mount->mnt_root;
 
-	dentry = lookup_positive_unlocked(name, parent, strlen(name));
+	dentry = lookup_positive_unlocked(&init_user_ns, name,
+					  parent, strlen(name));
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		return NULL;
 	return dentry;
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
index 9dc7e7a64e10..20b8617e619b 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ struct dentry *kernfs_node_dentry(struct kernfs_node *kn,
 			dput(dentry);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		}
-		dtmp = lookup_positive_unlocked(kntmp->name, dentry,
-					       strlen(kntmp->name));
+		dtmp = lookup_positive_unlocked(&init_user_ns, kntmp->name,
+						dentry, strlen(kntmp->name));
 		dput(dentry);
 		if (IS_ERR(dtmp))
 			return dtmp;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 53561311b492..68489c23bc44 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2706,10 +2706,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len_unlocked);
  * need to be very careful; pinned positives have ->d_inode stable, so
  * this one avoids such problems.
  */
-struct dentry *lookup_positive_unlocked(const char *name,
-				       struct dentry *base, int len)
+struct dentry *lookup_positive_unlocked(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+					const char *name, struct dentry *base,
+					int len)
 {
-	struct dentry *ret = lookup_one_len_unlocked(&init_user_ns, name, base, len);
+	struct dentry *ret = lookup_one_len_unlocked(mnt_userns, name, base, len);
 	if (!IS_ERR(ret) && d_flags_negative(smp_load_acquire(&ret->d_flags))) {
 		dput(ret);
 		ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
index 0a5ebc52e6a9..0fad12be94cd 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,8 @@ compose_entry_fh(struct nfsd3_readdirres *cd, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 		} else
 			dchild = dget(dparent);
 	} else
-		dchild = lookup_positive_unlocked(name, dparent, namlen);
+		dchild = lookup_positive_unlocked(&init_user_ns, name,
+						  dparent, namlen);
 	if (IS_ERR(dchild))
 		return rv;
 	if (d_mountpoint(dchild))
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 7abeccb975b2..a0425d120e6a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3413,7 +3413,8 @@ nfsd4_encode_dirent_fattr(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfsd4_readdir *cd,
 	__be32 nfserr;
 	int ignore_crossmnt = 0;
 
-	dentry = lookup_positive_unlocked(name, cd->rd_fhp->fh_dentry, namlen);
+	dentry = lookup_positive_unlocked(&init_user_ns, name,
+					  cd->rd_fhp->fh_dentry, namlen);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		return nfserrno(PTR_ERR(dentry));
 
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index 291985b79a6d..52721af35dcf 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -673,7 +673,8 @@ struct dentry *ovl_get_index_fh(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct ovl_fh *fh)
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-	index = lookup_positive_unlocked(name.name, ofs->indexdir, name.len);
+	index = lookup_positive_unlocked(&init_user_ns, name.name,
+					 ofs->indexdir, name.len);
 	kfree(name.name);
 	if (IS_ERR(index)) {
 		if (PTR_ERR(index) == -ENOENT)
@@ -705,7 +706,8 @@ struct dentry *ovl_lookup_index(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *upper,
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-	index = lookup_positive_unlocked(name.name, ofs->indexdir, name.len);
+	index = lookup_positive_unlocked(&init_user_ns, name.name,
+					 ofs->indexdir, name.len);
 	if (IS_ERR(index)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(index);
 		if (err == -ENOENT) {
@@ -1164,8 +1166,8 @@ bool ovl_lower_positive(struct dentry *dentry)
 		struct dentry *this;
 		struct dentry *lowerdir = poe->lowerstack[i].dentry;
 
-		this = lookup_positive_unlocked(name->name, lowerdir,
-					       name->len);
+		this = lookup_positive_unlocked(&init_user_ns, name->name,
+						lowerdir, name->len);
 		if (IS_ERR(this)) {
 			switch (PTR_ERR(this)) {
 			case -ENOENT:
diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index 22d904bde6ab..8cdd6df7597a 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -2487,7 +2487,8 @@ int dquot_quota_on_mount(struct super_block *sb, char *qf_name,
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	int error;
 
-	dentry = lookup_positive_unlocked(qf_name, sb->s_root, strlen(qf_name));
+	dentry = lookup_positive_unlocked(&init_user_ns, qf_name,
+					  sb->s_root, strlen(qf_name));
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index b4073e36450a..c177edfb2364 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 				     const char *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(struct user_namespace *,
 					      const char *, struct dentry *, int);
-extern struct dentry *lookup_positive_unlocked(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
+extern struct dentry *lookup_positive_unlocked(struct user_namespace *,
+					       const char *, struct dentry *, int);
 
 extern int follow_down_one(struct path *);
 extern int follow_down(struct path *);
