struct kobject s_kobj;
        struct completion s_kobj_unregister;
        struct super_block *s_sb;
+       struct buffer_head *s_mmp_bh;
 
        /* Journaling */
        struct journal_s *s_journal;
 /* mmp.c */
 extern int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *, ext4_fsblk_t);
 
+/* mmp.c */
+extern void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi);
+
 /* verity.c */
 extern const struct fsverity_operations ext4_verityops;
 
 
  */
 static int kmmpd(void *data)
 {
-       struct super_block *sb = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->sb;
-       struct buffer_head *bh = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->bh;
+       struct super_block *sb = (struct super_block *) data;
        struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
+       struct buffer_head *bh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh;
        struct mmp_struct *mmp;
        ext4_fsblk_t mmp_block;
        u32 seq = 0;
        retval = write_mmp_block(sb, bh);
 
 exit_thread:
-       EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
-       kfree(data);
-       brelse(bh);
        return retval;
 }
 
+void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
+{
+       if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
+               kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+               brelse(sbi->s_mmp_bh);
+               sbi->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
+       }
+}
+
 /*
  * Get a random new sequence number but make sure it is not greater than
  * EXT4_MMP_SEQ_MAX.
        struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
        struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
        struct mmp_struct *mmp = NULL;
-       struct mmpd_data *mmpd_data;
        u32 seq;
        unsigned int mmp_check_interval = le16_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_update_interval);
        unsigned int wait_time = 0;
                goto failed;
        }
 
-       mmpd_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*mmpd_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!mmpd_data) {
-               ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for mmpd_data");
-               goto failed;
-       }
-       mmpd_data->sb = sb;
-       mmpd_data->bh = bh;
+       EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh = bh;
 
        /*
         * Start a kernel thread to update the MMP block periodically.
         */
-       EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, mmpd_data, "kmmpd-%.*s",
+       EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, sb, "kmmpd-%.*s",
                                             (int)sizeof(mmp->mmp_bdevname),
                                             bdevname(bh->b_bdev,
                                                      mmp->mmp_bdevname));
        if (IS_ERR(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk)) {
                EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
-               kfree(mmpd_data);
                ext4_warning(sb, "Unable to create kmmpd thread for %s.",
                             sb->s_id);
                goto failed;
 
        ext4_xattr_destroy_cache(sbi->s_ea_block_cache);
        sbi->s_ea_block_cache = NULL;
 
-       if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
-               kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+       ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
+
        brelse(sbi->s_sbh);
        sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
        /*
 failed_mount3:
        flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
        del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
-       if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
-               kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+       ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
 failed_mount2:
        rcu_read_lock();
        group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
                                 */
                                ext4_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);
                        }
-                       if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
-                               kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+                       ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
                } else {
                        /* Make sure we can mount this feature set readwrite */
                        if (ext4_has_feature_readonly(sb) ||