diff --git a/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c b/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
index 2cf609800bd0a64443e8af85aa778b452ee9872f..e6667dfa42a2a60c85f244c6ab937e31d2288594 100644
--- a/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
+++ b/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
@@ -2012,9 +2012,19 @@ void ll_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
 
         /* Really, we'd like to wait until there are no requests outstanding,
          * and then continue.  For now, we just invalidate the requests,
-         * schedule, and hope.
+         * schedule() and sleep one second if needed, and hope.
          */
         schedule();
+#ifdef HAVE_UMOUNTBEGIN_VFSMOUNT
+        if (atomic_read(&vfsmnt->mnt_count) > 2) {
+                cfs_schedule_timeout(CFS_TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE,
+                                     cfs_time_seconds(1));
+                if (atomic_read(&vfsmnt->mnt_count) > 2)
+                        LCONSOLE_WARN("Mount still busy with %d refs! You "
+                                      "may try to umount it a bit later\n",
+                                      atomic_read(&vfsmnt->mnt_count));
+        }
+#endif
 
         EXIT;
 }