diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 5abfeda..5e7075d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@
 	cifs_inode->invalid_mapping = false;
 	cifs_inode->vfs_inode.i_blkbits = 14;  /* 2**14 = CIFS_MAX_MSGSIZE */
 	cifs_inode->server_eof = 0;
+	cifs_inode->uniqueid = 0;
+	cifs_inode->createtime = 0;
 
 	/* Can not set i_flags here - they get immediately overwritten
 	   to zero by the VFS */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index e6590e6..606ca8b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@
 	bool invalid_mapping:1;		/* pagecache is invalid */
 	u64  server_eof;		/* current file size on server */
 	u64  uniqueid;			/* server inode number */
+	u64  createtime;		/* creation time on server */
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE
 	struct fscache_cookie *fscache;
 #endif
@@ -573,6 +574,7 @@
 	u64		cf_uniqueid;
 	u64		cf_eof;
 	u64		cf_bytes;
+	u64		cf_createtime;
 	uid_t		cf_uid;
 	gid_t		cf_gid;
 	umode_t		cf_mode;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index a853a89..0c7e369 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@
 
 	fattr->cf_eof = le64_to_cpu(info->EndOfFile);
 	fattr->cf_bytes = le64_to_cpu(info->AllocationSize);
+	fattr->cf_createtime = le64_to_cpu(info->CreationTime);
 
 	if (fattr->cf_cifsattrs & ATTR_DIRECTORY) {
 		fattr->cf_mode = S_IFDIR | cifs_sb->mnt_dir_mode;
@@ -779,6 +780,10 @@
 	if (CIFS_I(inode)->uniqueid != fattr->cf_uniqueid)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* use createtime like an i_generation field */
+	if (CIFS_I(inode)->createtime != fattr->cf_createtime)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* don't match inode of different type */
 	if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (fattr->cf_mode & S_IFMT))
 		return 0;
@@ -796,6 +801,7 @@
 	struct cifs_fattr *fattr = (struct cifs_fattr *) opaque;
 
 	CIFS_I(inode)->uniqueid = fattr->cf_uniqueid;
+	CIFS_I(inode)->createtime = fattr->cf_createtime;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index ec5b68e..76b1b37 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
 	fattr->cf_cifsattrs = le32_to_cpu(info->ExtFileAttributes);
 	fattr->cf_eof = le64_to_cpu(info->EndOfFile);
 	fattr->cf_bytes = le64_to_cpu(info->AllocationSize);
+	fattr->cf_createtime = le64_to_cpu(info->CreationTime);
 	fattr->cf_atime = cifs_NTtimeToUnix(info->LastAccessTime);
 	fattr->cf_ctime = cifs_NTtimeToUnix(info->ChangeTime);
 	fattr->cf_mtime = cifs_NTtimeToUnix(info->LastWriteTime);