diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index d097d07935600a7016183f9492237b0ac288869d..4269c348fe0b7dd342c0f1d2f8ae75e49d61ff6c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -2309,8 +2309,11 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_shutdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* grab sb->s_umount to avoid racing w/ remount() */
-	down_read(&sbi->sb->s_umount);
+	/*
+	 * grab sb->s_umount to avoid racing w/ remount() and other shutdown
+	 * paths.
+	 */
+	down_write(&sbi->sb->s_umount);
 
 	f2fs_stop_gc_thread(sbi);
 	f2fs_stop_discard_thread(sbi);
@@ -2318,7 +2321,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_shutdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	f2fs_drop_discard_cmd(sbi);
 	clear_opt(sbi, DISCARD);
 
-	up_read(&sbi->sb->s_umount);
+	up_write(&sbi->sb->s_umount);
 
 	f2fs_update_time(sbi, REQ_TIME);
 out: