diff --git a/fs/mount.h b/fs/mount.h
index 6a61c2b3e385..5d8a8600dda7 100644
--- a/fs/mount.h
+++ b/fs/mount.h
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ static inline void unlock_mount_hash(void)
 }
 
 struct proc_mounts {
-	struct seq_file m;
 	struct mnt_namespace *ns;
 	struct path root;
 	int (*show)(struct seq_file *, struct vfsmount *);
@@ -126,8 +125,6 @@ struct proc_mounts {
 	loff_t cached_index;
 };
 
-#define proc_mounts(p) (container_of((p), struct proc_mounts, m))
-
 extern const struct seq_operations mounts_op;
 
 extern bool __is_local_mountpoint(struct dentry *dentry);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 1f4f9dac6e5a..cca7da2299f3 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(replace_mount_options);
 /* iterator; we want it to have access to namespace_sem, thus here... */
 static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	struct proc_mounts *p = proc_mounts(m);
+	struct proc_mounts *p = m->private;
 
 	down_read(&namespace_sem);
 	if (p->cached_event == p->ns->event) {
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 
 static void *m_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	struct proc_mounts *p = proc_mounts(m);
+	struct proc_mounts *p = m->private;
 
 	p->cached_mount = seq_list_next(v, &p->ns->list, pos);
 	p->cached_index = *pos;
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ static void m_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
 static int m_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
-	struct proc_mounts *p = proc_mounts(m);
+	struct proc_mounts *p = m->private;
 	struct mount *r = list_entry(v, struct mount, mnt_list);
 	return p->show(m, &r->mnt);
 }
diff --git a/fs/proc_namespace.c b/fs/proc_namespace.c
index 8db932da4009..8ebd9a334085 100644
--- a/fs/proc_namespace.c
+++ b/fs/proc_namespace.c
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 static unsigned mounts_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
-	struct proc_mounts *p = proc_mounts(file->private_data);
+	struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
+	struct proc_mounts *p = m->private;
 	struct mnt_namespace *ns = p->ns;
 	unsigned res = POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
 	int event;
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ static unsigned mounts_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 	poll_wait(file, &p->ns->poll, wait);
 
 	event = ACCESS_ONCE(ns->event);
-	if (p->m.poll_event != event) {
-		p->m.poll_event = event;
+	if (m->poll_event != event) {
+		m->poll_event = event;
 		res |= POLLERR | POLLPRI;
 	}
 
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ static void show_type(struct seq_file *m, struct super_block *sb)
 
 static int show_vfsmnt(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	struct proc_mounts *p = proc_mounts(m);
+	struct proc_mounts *p = m->private;
 	struct mount *r = real_mount(mnt);
 	int err = 0;
 	struct path mnt_path = { .dentry = mnt->mnt_root, .mnt = mnt };
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ out:
 
 static int show_mountinfo(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	struct proc_mounts *p = proc_mounts(m);
+	struct proc_mounts *p = m->private;
 	struct mount *r = real_mount(mnt);
 	struct super_block *sb = mnt->mnt_sb;
 	struct path mnt_path = { .dentry = mnt->mnt_root, .mnt = mnt };
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ out:
 
 static int show_vfsstat(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	struct proc_mounts *p = proc_mounts(m);
+	struct proc_mounts *p = m->private;
 	struct mount *r = real_mount(mnt);
 	struct path mnt_path = { .dentry = mnt->mnt_root, .mnt = mnt };
 	struct super_block *sb = mnt_path.dentry->d_sb;
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ static int mounts_open_common(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	struct mnt_namespace *ns = NULL;
 	struct path root;
 	struct proc_mounts *p;
+	struct seq_file *m;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!task)
@@ -260,26 +262,21 @@ static int mounts_open_common(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	task_unlock(task);
 	put_task_struct(task);
 
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	p = kmalloc(sizeof(struct proc_mounts), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!p)
+	ret = seq_open_private(file, &mounts_op, sizeof(struct proc_mounts));
+	if (ret)
 		goto err_put_path;
 
-	file->private_data = &p->m;
-	ret = seq_open(file, &mounts_op);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_free;
+	m = file->private_data;
+	m->poll_event = ns->event;
 
+	p = m->private;
 	p->ns = ns;
 	p->root = root;
-	p->m.poll_event = ns->event;
 	p->show = show;
 	p->cached_event = ~0ULL;
 
 	return 0;
 
- err_free:
-	kfree(p);
  err_put_path:
 	path_put(&root);
  err_put_ns:
@@ -290,10 +287,11 @@ static int mounts_open_common(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
 static int mounts_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct proc_mounts *p = proc_mounts(file->private_data);
+	struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
+	struct proc_mounts *p = m->private;
 	path_put(&p->root);
 	put_mnt_ns(p->ns);
-	return seq_release(inode, file);
+	return seq_release_private(inode, file);
 }
 
 static int mounts_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
