diff --git a/fs/unicode/utf8-core.c b/fs/unicode/utf8-core.c
index f313532f5e80..74a74a48dd8b 100644
--- a/fs/unicode/utf8-core.c
+++ b/fs/unicode/utf8-core.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/parser.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/stringhash.h>
@@ -183,12 +184,24 @@ struct unicode_map *utf8_load(unsigned int version)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(utf8_load);
 
+static void utf8_unload_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct unicode_map *um = container_of(head, struct unicode_map, rcu);
+
+	symbol_put(utf8_data_table);
+	kfree(um);
+}
+
+/*
+ * A pathwalk in rcu mode may still be in ->d_hash() or ->d_compare() of a
+ * filesystem that is being torn down and read the map through its
+ * superblock, so the map and the tables it points to have to outlive the
+ * grace period.
+ */
 void utf8_unload(struct unicode_map *um)
 {
-	if (um) {
-		symbol_put(utf8_data_table);
-		kfree(um);
-	}
+	if (um)
+		call_rcu(&um->rcu, utf8_unload_rcu);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(utf8_unload);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/unicode.h b/include/linux/unicode.h
index 64fa44fe180c..3a8cb603eb93 100644
--- a/include/linux/unicode.h
+++ b/include/linux/unicode.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct unicode_map {
 	unsigned int version;
 	const struct utf8data *ntab[UTF8_NMAX];
 	const struct utf8data_table *tables;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
 int utf8_validate(const struct unicode_map *um, const struct qstr *str);