diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 5745682..79d7d4c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 	signed short	slot;
 	int		localalloc_opt;
 	unsigned int	resv_level;
+	int		dir_resv_level;
 	char		cluster_stack[OCFS2_STACK_LABEL_LEN + 1];
 };
 
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@
 	Opt_usrquota,
 	Opt_grpquota,
 	Opt_resv_level,
+	Opt_dir_resv_level,
 	Opt_err,
 };
 
@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@
 	{Opt_usrquota, "usrquota"},
 	{Opt_grpquota, "grpquota"},
 	{Opt_resv_level, "resv_level=%u"},
+	{Opt_dir_resv_level, "dir_resv_level=%u"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -1034,6 +1037,11 @@
 
 	ocfs2_la_set_sizes(osb, parsed_options.localalloc_opt);
 	osb->osb_resv_level = parsed_options.resv_level;
+	osb->osb_dir_resv_level = parsed_options.resv_level;
+	if (parsed_options.dir_resv_level == -1)
+		osb->osb_dir_resv_level = parsed_options.resv_level;
+	else
+		osb->osb_dir_resv_level = parsed_options.dir_resv_level;
 
 	status = ocfs2_verify_userspace_stack(osb, &parsed_options);
 	if (status)
@@ -1295,6 +1303,7 @@
 	mopt->localalloc_opt = -1;
 	mopt->cluster_stack[0] = '\0';
 	mopt->resv_level = OCFS2_DEFAULT_RESV_LEVEL;
+	mopt->dir_resv_level = -1;
 
 	if (!options) {
 		status = 1;
@@ -1449,6 +1458,17 @@
 			    option < OCFS2_MAX_RESV_LEVEL)
 				mopt->resv_level = option;
 			break;
+		case Opt_dir_resv_level:
+			if (is_remount)
+				break;
+			if (match_int(&args[0], &option)) {
+				status = 0;
+				goto bail;
+			}
+			if (option >= OCFS2_MIN_RESV_LEVEL &&
+			    option < OCFS2_MAX_RESV_LEVEL)
+				mopt->dir_resv_level = option;
+			break;
 		default:
 			mlog(ML_ERROR,
 			     "Unrecognized mount option \"%s\" "
@@ -1533,6 +1553,9 @@
 	if (osb->osb_resv_level != OCFS2_DEFAULT_RESV_LEVEL)
 		seq_printf(s, ",resv_level=%d", osb->osb_resv_level);
 
+	if (osb->osb_dir_resv_level != osb->osb_resv_level)
+		seq_printf(s, ",dir_resv_level=%d", osb->osb_resv_level);
+
 	return 0;
 }