diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index dc400fd29f4d1c3c8e2265b4275aaabe4250e1fb..e33a0934efd7a7024dda7f14ac98ff4fc2f1811f 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1659,6 +1659,22 @@ void d_set_d_op(struct dentry *dentry, const struct dentry_operations *op)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_set_d_op);
 
+
+/*
+ * d_set_fallthru - Mark a dentry as falling through to a lower layer
+ * @dentry - The dentry to mark
+ *
+ * Mark a dentry as falling through to the lower layer (as set with
+ * d_pin_lower()).  This flag may be recorded on the medium.
+ */
+void d_set_fallthru(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_FALLTHRU;
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_set_fallthru);
+
 static unsigned d_flags_for_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned add_flags = DCACHE_FILE_TYPE;
@@ -1691,7 +1707,8 @@ static void __d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	unsigned add_flags = d_flags_for_inode(inode);
 
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	__d_set_type(dentry, add_flags);
+	dentry->d_flags &= ~(DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE | DCACHE_FALLTHRU);
+	dentry->d_flags |= add_flags;
 	if (inode)
 		hlist_add_head(&dentry->d_u.d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);
 	dentry->d_inode = inode;
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 98d2a948a08e421943f3ff065495db667af8dd6c..728f5d31b5e6932212bd7a0abe1ffe2147e1b8a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 #define DCACHE_FILE_TYPE		0x00500000 /* Other file type (or fallthru to such) */
 
 #define DCACHE_MAY_FREE			0x00800000
+#define DCACHE_FALLTHRU			0x01000000 /* Fall through to lower layer */
 
 extern seqlock_t rename_lock;
 
@@ -470,6 +471,14 @@ static inline bool d_is_positive(const struct dentry *dentry)
 	return !d_is_negative(dentry);
 }
 
+extern void d_set_fallthru(struct dentry *dentry);
+
+static inline bool d_is_fallthru(const struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_FALLTHRU;
+}
+
+
 extern int sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;
 
 static inline unsigned long vfs_pressure_ratio(unsigned long val)