diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
index 1901d799909b..66991c7fef9e 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int inotify_handle_inode_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark, u32 mask,
 	struct fsnotify_event *fsn_event;
 	struct fsnotify_group *group = inode_mark->group;
 	int ret;
-	int len = 0;
+	int len = 0, wd;
 	int alloc_len = sizeof(struct inotify_event_info);
 	struct mem_cgroup *old_memcg;
 
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ int inotify_handle_inode_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark, u32 mask,
 	i_mark = container_of(inode_mark, struct inotify_inode_mark,
 			      fsn_mark);
 
+	/*
+	 * We can be racing with mark being detached. Don't report event with
+	 * invalid wd.
+	 */
+	wd = READ_ONCE(i_mark->wd);
+	if (wd == -1)
+		return 0;
 	/*
 	 * Whoever is interested in the event, pays for the allocation. Do not
 	 * trigger OOM killer in the target monitoring memcg as it may have
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ int inotify_handle_inode_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark, u32 mask,
 	fsn_event = &event->fse;
 	fsnotify_init_event(fsn_event, 0);
 	event->mask = mask;
-	event->wd = i_mark->wd;
+	event->wd = wd;
 	event->sync_cookie = cookie;
 	event->name_len = len;
 	if (len)