diff --git a/fs/cifs/cache.c b/fs/cifs/cache.c
index 15532ab..b2649cf 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cache.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cache.c
@@ -215,3 +215,86 @@
 	.check_aux = cifs_fscache_super_check_aux,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Auxiliary data attached to CIFS inode within the cache
+ */
+struct cifs_fscache_inode_auxdata {
+	struct timespec	last_write_time;
+	struct timespec	last_change_time;
+	u64		eof;
+};
+
+static uint16_t cifs_fscache_inode_get_key(const void *cookie_netfs_data,
+					   void *buffer, uint16_t maxbuf)
+{
+	const struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = cookie_netfs_data;
+	uint16_t keylen;
+
+	/* use the UniqueId as the key */
+	keylen = sizeof(cifsi->uniqueid);
+	if (keylen > maxbuf)
+		keylen = 0;
+	else
+		memcpy(buffer, &cifsi->uniqueid, keylen);
+
+	return keylen;
+}
+
+static void
+cifs_fscache_inode_get_attr(const void *cookie_netfs_data, uint64_t *size)
+{
+	const struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = cookie_netfs_data;
+
+	*size = cifsi->vfs_inode.i_size;
+}
+
+static uint16_t
+cifs_fscache_inode_get_aux(const void *cookie_netfs_data, void *buffer,
+			   uint16_t maxbuf)
+{
+	struct cifs_fscache_inode_auxdata auxdata;
+	const struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = cookie_netfs_data;
+
+	memset(&auxdata, 0, sizeof(auxdata));
+	auxdata.eof = cifsi->server_eof;
+	auxdata.last_write_time = cifsi->vfs_inode.i_mtime;
+	auxdata.last_change_time = cifsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime;
+
+	if (maxbuf > sizeof(auxdata))
+		maxbuf = sizeof(auxdata);
+
+	memcpy(buffer, &auxdata, maxbuf);
+
+	return maxbuf;
+}
+
+static enum
+fscache_checkaux cifs_fscache_inode_check_aux(void *cookie_netfs_data,
+					      const void *data,
+					      uint16_t datalen)
+{
+	struct cifs_fscache_inode_auxdata auxdata;
+	struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = cookie_netfs_data;
+
+	if (datalen != sizeof(auxdata))
+		return FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OBSOLETE;
+
+	memset(&auxdata, 0, sizeof(auxdata));
+	auxdata.eof = cifsi->server_eof;
+	auxdata.last_write_time = cifsi->vfs_inode.i_mtime;
+	auxdata.last_change_time = cifsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime;
+
+	if (memcmp(data, &auxdata, datalen) != 0)
+		return FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OBSOLETE;
+
+	return FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OKAY;
+}
+
+const struct fscache_cookie_def cifs_fscache_inode_object_def = {
+	.name		= "CIFS.uniqueid",
+	.type		= FSCACHE_COOKIE_TYPE_DATAFILE,
+	.get_key	= cifs_fscache_inode_get_key,
+	.get_attr	= cifs_fscache_inode_get_attr,
+	.get_aux	= cifs_fscache_inode_get_aux,
+	.check_aux	= cifs_fscache_inode_check_aux,
+};
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 24d7f4a..8a2cf12 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -330,6 +330,12 @@
 }
 
 static void
+cifs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	cifs_fscache_release_inode_cookie(inode);
+}
+
+static void
 cifs_show_address(struct seq_file *s, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 {
 	seq_printf(s, ",addr=");
@@ -490,6 +496,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode = cifs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode = cifs_destroy_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= cifs_drop_inode,
+	.clear_inode	= cifs_clear_inode,
 /*	.delete_inode	= cifs_delete_inode,  */  /* Do not need above
 	function unless later we add lazy close of inodes or unless the
 	kernel forgets to call us with the same number of releases (closes)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index a3e403e..9b7cf9a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@
 	bool invalid_mapping:1;		/* pagecache is invalid */
 	u64  server_eof;		/* current file size on server */
 	u64  uniqueid;			/* server inode number */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE
+	struct fscache_cookie *fscache;
+#endif
 	struct inode vfs_inode;
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index b5fb2a0..d302d94 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "cifs_unicode.h"
 #include "cifs_debug.h"
 #include "cifs_fs_sb.h"
+#include "fscache.h"
 
 static inline int cifs_convert_flags(unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -282,6 +283,9 @@
 				CIFSSMBClose(xid, tcon, netfid);
 				rc = -ENOMEM;
 			}
+
+			cifs_fscache_set_inode_cookie(inode, file);
+
 			goto out;
 		} else if ((rc == -EINVAL) || (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP)) {
 			if (tcon->ses->serverNOS)
@@ -373,6 +377,8 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	cifs_fscache_set_inode_cookie(inode, file);
+
 	if (oplock & CIFS_CREATE_ACTION) {
 		/* time to set mode which we can not set earlier due to
 		   problems creating new read-only files */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/fscache.c b/fs/cifs/fscache.c
index eba9beb..6c8d967 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/fscache.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/fscache.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "fscache.h"
 #include "cifsglob.h"
 #include "cifs_debug.h"
+#include "cifs_fs_sb.h"
 
 void cifs_fscache_get_client_cookie(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 {
@@ -56,3 +57,70 @@
 	fscache_relinquish_cookie(tcon->fscache, 0);
 	tcon->fscache = NULL;
 }
+
+static void cifs_fscache_enable_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = CIFS_I(inode);
+	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	if (cifsi->fscache)
+		return;
+
+	cifsi->fscache = fscache_acquire_cookie(cifs_sb->tcon->fscache,
+				&cifs_fscache_inode_object_def,
+				cifsi);
+	cFYI(1, "CIFS: got FH cookie (0x%p/0x%p)",
+			cifs_sb->tcon->fscache, cifsi->fscache);
+}
+
+void cifs_fscache_release_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = CIFS_I(inode);
+
+	if (cifsi->fscache) {
+		cFYI(1, "CIFS releasing inode cookie (0x%p)",
+				cifsi->fscache);
+		fscache_relinquish_cookie(cifsi->fscache, 0);
+		cifsi->fscache = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static void cifs_fscache_disable_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = CIFS_I(inode);
+
+	if (cifsi->fscache) {
+		cFYI(1, "CIFS disabling inode cookie (0x%p)",
+				cifsi->fscache);
+		fscache_relinquish_cookie(cifsi->fscache, 1);
+		cifsi->fscache = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+void cifs_fscache_set_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	if ((filp->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)
+		cifs_fscache_disable_inode_cookie(inode);
+	else {
+		cifs_fscache_enable_inode_cookie(inode);
+		cFYI(1, "CIFS: fscache inode cookie set");
+	}
+}
+
+void cifs_fscache_reset_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = CIFS_I(inode);
+	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct fscache_cookie *old = cifsi->fscache;
+
+	if (cifsi->fscache) {
+		/* retire the current fscache cache and get a new one */
+		fscache_relinquish_cookie(cifsi->fscache, 1);
+
+		cifsi->fscache = fscache_acquire_cookie(cifs_sb->tcon->fscache,
+					&cifs_fscache_inode_object_def,
+					cifsi);
+		cFYI(1, "CIFS: new cookie 0x%p oldcookie 0x%p",
+				cifsi->fscache, old);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/fscache.h b/fs/cifs/fscache.h
index d2ba628..1008f40 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/fscache.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/fscache.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 extern struct fscache_netfs cifs_fscache_netfs;
 extern const struct fscache_cookie_def cifs_fscache_server_index_def;
 extern const struct fscache_cookie_def cifs_fscache_super_index_def;
+extern const struct fscache_cookie_def cifs_fscache_inode_object_def;
+
 
 extern int cifs_fscache_register(void);
 extern void cifs_fscache_unregister(void);
@@ -42,6 +44,10 @@
 extern void cifs_fscache_get_super_cookie(struct cifsTconInfo *);
 extern void cifs_fscache_release_super_cookie(struct cifsTconInfo *);
 
+extern void cifs_fscache_release_inode_cookie(struct inode *);
+extern void cifs_fscache_set_inode_cookie(struct inode *, struct file *);
+extern void cifs_fscache_reset_inode_cookie(struct inode *);
+
 #else /* CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE */
 static inline int cifs_fscache_register(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void cifs_fscache_unregister(void) {}
@@ -54,6 +60,12 @@
 static inline void
 cifs_fscache_release_super_cookie(struct cifsTconInfo *tcon) {}
 
+static inline void cifs_fscache_release_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode) {}
+static inline void cifs_fscache_set_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode,
+						 struct file *filp) {}
+static inline void cifs_fscache_reset_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode) {}
+
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE */
 
 #endif /* _CIFS_FSCACHE_H */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index f884cb5..5a68b92 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "cifsproto.h"
 #include "cifs_debug.h"
 #include "cifs_fs_sb.h"
+#include "fscache.h"
 
 
 static void cifs_set_ops(struct inode *inode, const bool is_dfs_referral)
@@ -776,6 +777,8 @@
 			inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
 		if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
 			inode->i_ino = hash;
+			/* initialize per-inode cache cookie pointer */
+			CIFS_I(inode)->fscache = NULL;
 			unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		}
 	}
@@ -1571,6 +1574,7 @@
 			cifs_i->write_behind_rc = rc;
 	}
 	invalidate_remote_inode(inode);
+	cifs_fscache_reset_inode_cookie(inode);
 }
 
 int cifs_revalidate_file(struct file *filp)