diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 0de6a82..c0d1026 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -997,6 +997,122 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/*
+ *	SMB2 IOCTL is used for both IOCTLs and FSCTLs
+ */
+int
+SMB2_ioctl(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, u64 persistent_fid,
+	   u64 volatile_fid, u32 opcode, bool is_fsctl, char *in_data,
+	   u32 indatalen, char **out_data, u32 *plen /* returned data len */)
+{
+	struct smb2_ioctl_req *req;
+	struct smb2_ioctl_rsp *rsp;
+	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
+	struct cifs_ses *ses = tcon->ses;
+	struct kvec iov[2];
+	int resp_buftype;
+	int num_iovecs;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	cifs_dbg(FYI, "SMB2 IOCTL\n");
+
+	/* zero out returned data len, in case of error */
+	if (plen)
+		*plen = 0;
+
+	if (ses && (ses->server))
+		server = ses->server;
+	else
+		return -EIO;
+
+	rc = small_smb2_init(SMB2_IOCTL, tcon, (void **) &req);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	req->CtlCode = cpu_to_le32(opcode);
+	req->PersistentFileId = persistent_fid;
+	req->VolatileFileId = volatile_fid;
+
+	if (indatalen) {
+		req->InputCount = cpu_to_le32(indatalen);
+		/* do not set InputOffset if no input data */
+		req->InputOffset =
+		       cpu_to_le32(offsetof(struct smb2_ioctl_req, Buffer) - 4);
+		iov[1].iov_base = in_data;
+		iov[1].iov_len = indatalen;
+		num_iovecs = 2;
+	} else
+		num_iovecs = 1;
+
+	req->OutputOffset = 0;
+	req->OutputCount = 0; /* MBZ */
+
+	/*
+	 * Could increase MaxOutputResponse, but that would require more
+	 * than one credit. Windows typically sets this smaller, but for some
+	 * ioctls it may be useful to allow server to send more. No point
+	 * limiting what the server can send as long as fits in one credit
+	 */
+	req->MaxOutputResponse = cpu_to_le32(0xFF00); /* < 64K uses 1 credit */
+
+	if (is_fsctl)
+		req->Flags = cpu_to_le32(SMB2_0_IOCTL_IS_FSCTL);
+	else
+		req->Flags = 0;
+
+	iov[0].iov_base = (char *)req;
+	/* 4 for rfc1002 length field */
+	iov[0].iov_len = get_rfc1002_length(req) + 4;
+
+	if (indatalen)
+		inc_rfc1001_len(req, indatalen);
+
+	rc = SendReceive2(xid, ses, iov, num_iovecs, &resp_buftype, 0);
+	rsp = (struct smb2_ioctl_rsp *)iov[0].iov_base;
+
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		if (tcon)
+			cifs_stats_fail_inc(tcon, SMB2_IOCTL_HE);
+		goto ioctl_exit;
+	}
+
+	/* check if caller wants to look at return data or just return rc */
+	if ((plen == NULL) || (out_data == NULL))
+		goto ioctl_exit;
+
+	*plen = le32_to_cpu(rsp->OutputCount);
+
+	/* We check for obvious errors in the output buffer length and offset */
+	if (*plen == 0)
+		goto ioctl_exit; /* server returned no data */
+	else if (*plen > 0xFF00) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned invalid ioctl length: %d\n", *plen);
+		*plen = 0;
+		rc = -EIO;
+		goto ioctl_exit;
+	}
+
+	if (get_rfc1002_length(rsp) < le32_to_cpu(rsp->OutputOffset) + *plen) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "Malformed ioctl resp: len %d offset %d\n", *plen,
+			le32_to_cpu(rsp->OutputOffset));
+		*plen = 0;
+		rc = -EIO;
+		goto ioctl_exit;
+	}
+
+	*out_data = kmalloc(*plen, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (*out_data == NULL) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto ioctl_exit;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(*out_data, rsp->hdr.ProtocolId + le32_to_cpu(rsp->OutputOffset),
+	       *plen);
+ioctl_exit:
+	free_rsp_buf(resp_buftype, rsp);
+	return rc;
+}
+
 int
 SMB2_close(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	   u64 persistent_fid, u64 volatile_fid)