diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README
index fe16835..74ab165f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/README
+++ b/fs/cifs/README
@@ -685,22 +685,6 @@
 			support and want to map the uid and gid fields 
 			to values supplied at mount (rather than the 
 			actual values, then set this to zero. (default 1)
-Experimental            When set to 1 used to enable certain experimental
-			features (currently enables multipage writes
-			when signing is enabled, the multipage write
-			performance enhancement was disabled when
-			signing turned on in case buffer was modified
-			just before it was sent, also this flag will
-			be used to use the new experimental directory change 
-			notification code).  When set to 2 enables
-			an additional experimental feature, "raw ntlmssp"
-			session establishment support (which allows
-			specifying "sec=ntlmssp" on mount). The Linux cifs
-			module will use ntlmv2 authentication encapsulated
-			in "raw ntlmssp" (not using SPNEGO) when
-			"sec=ntlmssp" is specified on mount.
-			This support also requires building cifs with
-			the CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL configuration flag.
 
 These experimental features and tracing can be enabled by changing flags in 
 /proc/fs/cifs (after the cifs module has been installed or built into the 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
index 65829d3..30d01bc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
@@ -423,7 +423,6 @@
 static const struct file_operations traceSMB_proc_fops;
 static const struct file_operations cifs_multiuser_mount_proc_fops;
 static const struct file_operations cifs_security_flags_proc_fops;
-static const struct file_operations cifs_experimental_proc_fops;
 static const struct file_operations cifs_linux_ext_proc_fops;
 
 void
@@ -441,8 +440,6 @@
 	proc_create("cifsFYI", 0, proc_fs_cifs, &cifsFYI_proc_fops);
 	proc_create("traceSMB", 0, proc_fs_cifs, &traceSMB_proc_fops);
 	proc_create("OplockEnabled", 0, proc_fs_cifs, &cifs_oplock_proc_fops);
-	proc_create("Experimental", 0, proc_fs_cifs,
-		    &cifs_experimental_proc_fops);
 	proc_create("LinuxExtensionsEnabled", 0, proc_fs_cifs,
 		    &cifs_linux_ext_proc_fops);
 	proc_create("MultiuserMount", 0, proc_fs_cifs,
@@ -469,7 +466,6 @@
 	remove_proc_entry("OplockEnabled", proc_fs_cifs);
 	remove_proc_entry("SecurityFlags", proc_fs_cifs);
 	remove_proc_entry("LinuxExtensionsEnabled", proc_fs_cifs);
-	remove_proc_entry("Experimental", proc_fs_cifs);
 	remove_proc_entry("LookupCacheEnabled", proc_fs_cifs);
 	remove_proc_entry("fs/cifs", NULL);
 }
@@ -550,45 +546,6 @@
 	.write		= cifs_oplock_proc_write,
 };
 
-static int cifs_experimental_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
-{
-	seq_printf(m, "%d\n", experimEnabled);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int cifs_experimental_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	return single_open(file, cifs_experimental_proc_show, NULL);
-}
-
-static ssize_t cifs_experimental_proc_write(struct file *file,
-		const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	char c;
-	int rc;
-
-	rc = get_user(c, buffer);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-	if (c == '0' || c == 'n' || c == 'N')
-		experimEnabled = 0;
-	else if (c == '1' || c == 'y' || c == 'Y')
-		experimEnabled = 1;
-	else if (c == '2')
-		experimEnabled = 2;
-
-	return count;
-}
-
-static const struct file_operations cifs_experimental_proc_fops = {
-	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
-	.open		= cifs_experimental_proc_open,
-	.read		= seq_read,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= single_release,
-	.write		= cifs_experimental_proc_write,
-};
-
 static int cifs_linux_ext_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
 	seq_printf(m, "%d\n", linuxExtEnabled);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index f297013..41c78e8 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 int cifsERROR = 1;
 int traceSMB = 0;
 unsigned int oplockEnabled = 1;
-unsigned int experimEnabled = 0;
 unsigned int linuxExtEnabled = 1;
 unsigned int lookupCacheEnabled = 1;
 unsigned int multiuser_mount = 0;
@@ -82,6 +81,10 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(echo_retries, "Number of echo attempts before giving up and "
 			       "reconnecting server. Default: 5. 0 means "
 			       "never reconnect.");
+bool sign_zero_copy;  /* globals init to false automatically */
+module_param(sign_zero_copy, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(sign_zero_copy, "Don't copy pages on write with signing "
+				 "enabled. Default: N");
 extern mempool_t *cifs_sm_req_poolp;
 extern mempool_t *cifs_req_poolp;
 extern mempool_t *cifs_mid_poolp;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 17afb0f..10e4afe 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -817,7 +817,6 @@
 				have the uid/password or Kerberos credential
 				or equivalent for current user */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int oplockEnabled;
-GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int experimEnabled;
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int lookupCacheEnabled;
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int global_secflags;	/* if on, session setup sent
 				with more secure ntlmssp2 challenge/resp */
@@ -827,6 +826,7 @@
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int cifs_min_rcv;    /* min size of big ntwrk buf pool */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int cifs_min_small;  /* min size of small buf pool */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int cifs_max_pending; /* MAX requests at once to server*/
+GLOBAL_EXTERN bool sign_zero_copy; /* don't copy written pages with signing */
 
 /* reconnect after this many failed echo attempts */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned short echo_retries;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 5ae061c..e2d7b6b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@
 				if (rc != 0)
 					break;
 			}
-			if (experimEnabled || (pTcon->ses->server &&
+			if (sign_zero_copy || (pTcon->ses->server &&
 				((pTcon->ses->server->secMode &
 				(SECMODE_SIGN_REQUIRED | SECMODE_SIGN_ENABLED))
 				== 0))) {
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@
 	}
 
 	tcon = tlink_tcon(open_file->tlink);
-	if (!experimEnabled && tcon->ses->server->secMode &
+	if (!sign_zero_copy && tcon->ses->server->secMode &
 			(SECMODE_SIGN_REQUIRED | SECMODE_SIGN_ENABLED)) {
 		cifsFileInfo_put(open_file);
 		kfree(iov);