diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 3f5a7a8..e26647b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -2534,6 +2534,7 @@
 			mntroot = ERR_PTR(error);
 			goto error_splat_bdi;
 		}
+		server->super = s;
 	}
 
 	if (!s->s_root) {
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
index f9c0a6c..46b0cb4 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 	__u64			maxfilesize;	/* maximum file size */
 	struct timespec		time_delta;	/* smallest time granularity */
 	unsigned long		mount_time;	/* when this fs was mounted */
+	struct super_block	*super;		/* VFS super block */
 	dev_t			s_dev;		/* superblock dev numbers */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_FSCACHE