diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 6e18686..bbafa12 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1247,6 +1247,33 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/*
+ *   Individual callers to ioctl worker function follow
+ */
+
+int
+SMB2_set_compression(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
+		     u64 persistent_fid, u64 volatile_fid)
+{
+	int rc;
+	char *res_key = NULL;
+	struct  compress_ioctl fsctl_input;
+	char *ret_data = NULL;
+
+	fsctl_input.CompressionState =
+			__constant_cpu_to_le16(COMPRESSION_FORMAT_DEFAULT);
+
+	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, persistent_fid, volatile_fid,
+			FSCTL_SET_COMPRESSION, true /* is_fsctl */,
+			(char *)&fsctl_input /* data input */,
+			2 /* in data len */, &ret_data /* out data */, NULL);
+
+	cifs_dbg(FYI, "set compression rc %d\n", rc);
+	kfree(res_key);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 int
 SMB2_close(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	   u64 persistent_fid, u64 volatile_fid)