diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.c b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
index b5ba2ea..f46d77e 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "\tflags          %#x\n", sup_flags);
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "\t  big_lpt      %u\n",
 		       !!(sup_flags & UBIFS_FLG_BIGLPT));
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "\t  space_fixup  %u\n",
+		       !!(sup_flags & UBIFS_FLG_SPACE_FIXUP));
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "\tmin_io_size    %u\n",
 		       le32_to_cpu(sup->min_io_size));
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "\tleb_size       %u\n",
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/sb.c b/fs/ubifs/sb.c
index cad60b5..93d6928 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/sb.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/sb.c
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@
 	c->vfs_sb->s_time_gran = le32_to_cpu(sup->time_gran);
 	memcpy(&c->uuid, &sup->uuid, 16);
 	c->big_lpt = !!(sup_flags & UBIFS_FLG_BIGLPT);
+	c->space_fixup = !!(sup_flags & UBIFS_FLG_SPACE_FIXUP);
 
 	/* Automatically increase file system size to the maximum size */
 	c->old_leb_cnt = c->leb_cnt;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs-media.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs-media.h
index b922f03..e24380c 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs-media.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs-media.h
@@ -408,9 +408,11 @@
  * Superblock flags.
  *
  * UBIFS_FLG_BIGLPT: if "big" LPT model is used if set
+ * UBIFS_FLG_SPACE_FIXUP: first-mount "fixup" of free space within LEBs needed
  */
 enum {
 	UBIFS_FLG_BIGLPT = 0x02,
+	UBIFS_FLG_SPACE_FIXUP = 0x04,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index a2f9d4e..8e27553 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@
  * @cmt_wq: wait queue to sleep on if the log is full and a commit is running
  *
  * @big_lpt: flag that LPT is too big to write whole during commit
+ * @space_fixup: flag indicating that free space in LEBs needs to be cleaned up
  * @no_chk_data_crc: do not check CRCs when reading data nodes (except during
  *                   recovery)
  * @bulk_read: enable bulk-reads
@@ -1253,6 +1254,7 @@
 	wait_queue_head_t cmt_wq;
 
 	unsigned int big_lpt:1;
+	unsigned int space_fixup:1;
 	unsigned int no_chk_data_crc:1;
 	unsigned int bulk_read:1;
 	unsigned int default_compr:2;