diff --git a/sys/fs/unionfs/union.h b/sys/fs/unionfs/union.h
--- a/sys/fs/unionfs/union.h
+++ b/sys/fs/unionfs/union.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 } unionfs_whitemode;
 
 struct unionfs_mount {
+	struct mount   *um_lowermp;     /* MNT_REFed lower mount object */
+	struct mount   *um_uppermp;     /* MNT_REFed upper mount object */
 	struct vnode   *um_lowervp;	/* VREFed once */
 	struct vnode   *um_uppervp;	/* VREFed once */
 	struct vnode   *um_rootvp;	/* ROOT vnode */
diff --git a/sys/fs/unionfs/union_vfsops.c b/sys/fs/unionfs/union_vfsops.c
--- a/sys/fs/unionfs/union_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/unionfs/union_vfsops.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
 static int
 unionfs_domount(struct mount *mp)
 {
-	struct mount   *lowermp, *uppermp;
 	struct vnode   *lowerrootvp;
 	struct vnode   *upperrootvp;
 	struct unionfs_mount *ump;
@@ -303,18 +302,18 @@
 	 * reused until that happens.  We assume the caller holds a reference
 	 * to lowerrootvp as it is the mount's covered vnode.
 	 */
-	lowermp = vfs_register_upper_from_vp(ump->um_lowervp, mp,
+	ump->um_lowermp = vfs_register_upper_from_vp(ump->um_lowervp, mp,
 	    &ump->um_lower_link);
-	uppermp = vfs_register_upper_from_vp(ump->um_uppervp, mp,
+	ump->um_uppermp = vfs_register_upper_from_vp(ump->um_uppervp, mp,
 	    &ump->um_upper_link);
 
 	vrele(upperrootvp);
 
-	if (lowermp == NULL || uppermp == NULL) {
-		if (lowermp != NULL)
-			vfs_unregister_upper(lowermp, &ump->um_lower_link);
-		if (uppermp != NULL)
-			vfs_unregister_upper(uppermp, &ump->um_upper_link);
+	if (ump->um_lowermp == NULL || ump->um_uppermp == NULL) {
+		if (ump->um_lowermp != NULL)
+			vfs_unregister_upper(ump->um_lowermp, &ump->um_lower_link);
+		if (ump->um_uppermp != NULL)
+			vfs_unregister_upper(ump->um_uppermp, &ump->um_upper_link);
 		vflush(mp, 1, FORCECLOSE, curthread);
 		free(ump, M_UNIONFSMNT);
 		mp->mnt_data = NULL;
@@ -346,8 +345,8 @@
 	}
 
 	MNT_ILOCK(mp);
-	if ((lowermp->mnt_flag & MNT_LOCAL) != 0 &&
-	    (uppermp->mnt_flag & MNT_LOCAL) != 0)
+	if ((ump->um_lowermp->mnt_flag & MNT_LOCAL) != 0 &&
+	    (ump->um_uppermp->mnt_flag & MNT_LOCAL) != 0)
 		mp->mnt_flag |= MNT_LOCAL;
 	mp->mnt_kern_flag |= MNTK_NOMSYNC | MNTK_UNIONFS;
 	MNT_IUNLOCK(mp);
@@ -400,8 +399,8 @@
 	vn_lock(mp->mnt_vnodecovered, LK_EXCLUSIVE | LK_RETRY | LK_CANRECURSE);
 	mp->mnt_vnodecovered->v_vflag &= ~VV_CROSSLOCK;
 	VOP_UNLOCK(mp->mnt_vnodecovered);
-	vfs_unregister_upper(ump->um_lowervp->v_mount, &ump->um_lower_link);
-	vfs_unregister_upper(ump->um_uppervp->v_mount, &ump->um_upper_link);
+	vfs_unregister_upper(ump->um_lowermp, &ump->um_lower_link);
+	vfs_unregister_upper(ump->um_uppermp, &ump->um_upper_link);
 	free(ump, M_UNIONFSMNT);
 	mp->mnt_data = NULL;
 
@@ -439,7 +438,11 @@
 	bool unbusy;
 
 	ump = MOUNTTOUNIONFSMOUNT(mp);
-	uppermp = atomic_load_ptr(&ump->um_uppervp->v_mount);
+	/*
+	 * Issue a volatile load of um_uppermp here, as the mount may be
+	 * torn down after we call vfs_unbusy().
+	 */
+	uppermp = atomic_load_ptr(&ump->um_uppermp);
 	KASSERT(*mp_busy == true, ("upper mount not busy"));
 	/*
 	 * See comment in sys_quotactl() for an explanation of why the
@@ -479,7 +482,7 @@
 
 	mstat = malloc(sizeof(struct statfs), M_STATFS, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
 
-	error = VFS_STATFS(ump->um_lowervp->v_mount, mstat);
+	error = VFS_STATFS(ump->um_lowermp, mstat);
 	if (error) {
 		free(mstat, M_STATFS);
 		return (error);
@@ -491,7 +494,7 @@
 
 	lbsize = mstat->f_bsize;
 
-	error = VFS_STATFS(ump->um_uppervp->v_mount, mstat);
+	error = VFS_STATFS(ump->um_uppermp, mstat);
 	if (error) {
 		free(mstat, M_STATFS);
 		return (error);
@@ -558,10 +561,10 @@
 	unp = VTOUNIONFS(filename_vp);
 
 	if (unp->un_uppervp != NULLVP) {
-		return (VFS_EXTATTRCTL(ump->um_uppervp->v_mount, cmd,
+		return (VFS_EXTATTRCTL(ump->um_uppermp, cmd,
 		    unp->un_uppervp, namespace, attrname));
 	} else {
-		return (VFS_EXTATTRCTL(ump->um_lowervp->v_mount, cmd,
+		return (VFS_EXTATTRCTL(ump->um_lowermp, cmd,
 		    unp->un_lowervp, namespace, attrname));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/sys/fs/unionfs/union_vnops.c b/sys/fs/unionfs/union_vnops.c
--- a/sys/fs/unionfs/union_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/unionfs/union_vnops.c
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@
 
 	if (lvp != NULLVP) {
 		if (accmode & VWRITE) {
-			if (ump->um_uppervp->v_mount->mnt_flag & MNT_RDONLY) {
+			if ((ump->um_uppermp->mnt_flag & MNT_RDONLY) != 0) {
 				switch (ap->a_vp->v_type) {
 				case VREG:
 				case VDIR:
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@
 
 	error = VOP_GETATTR(lvp, ap->a_vap, ap->a_cred);
 
-	if (error == 0 && !(ump->um_uppervp->v_mount->mnt_flag & MNT_RDONLY)) {
+	if (error == 0 && (ump->um_uppermp->mnt_flag & MNT_RDONLY) == 0) {
 		/* correct the attr toward shadow file/dir. */
 		if (ap->a_vp->v_type == VREG || ap->a_vp->v_type == VDIR) {
 			unionfs_create_uppervattr_core(ump, ap->a_vap, &va, td);