diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 6ef1c2e1bbc4a7a93a07a7a1f647ceca664b0778..03161240e744b30e32fcebd7dbf8f65d5f2eef21 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -147,8 +147,22 @@ struct dentry_stat_t dentry_stat = {
 };
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(long, nr_dentry);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(long, nr_dentry_unused);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL) && defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS)
+
+/*
+ * Here we resort to our own counters instead of using generic per-cpu counters
+ * for consistency with what the vfs inode code does. We are expected to harvest
+ * better code and performance by having our own specialized counters.
+ *
+ * Please note that the loop is done over all possible CPUs, not over all online
+ * CPUs. The reason for this is that we don't want to play games with CPUs going
+ * on and off. If one of them goes off, we will just keep their counters.
+ *
+ * glommer: See cffbc8a for details, and if you ever intend to change this,
+ * please update all vfs counters to match.
+ */
 static long get_nr_dentry(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -158,10 +172,20 @@ static long get_nr_dentry(void)
 	return sum < 0 ? 0 : sum;
 }
 
+static long get_nr_dentry_unused(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	long sum = 0;
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
+		sum += per_cpu(nr_dentry_unused, i);
+	return sum < 0 ? 0 : sum;
+}
+
 int proc_nr_dentry(ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buffer,
 		   size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	dentry_stat.nr_dentry = get_nr_dentry();
+	dentry_stat.nr_unused = get_nr_dentry_unused();
 	return proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 }
 #endif
@@ -342,7 +366,7 @@ static void dentry_lru_add(struct dentry *dentry)
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_LRU_LIST;
 		list_add(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry->d_sb->s_dentry_lru);
 		dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused++;
-		dentry_stat.nr_unused++;
+		this_cpu_inc(nr_dentry_unused);
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 	}
 }
@@ -352,7 +376,7 @@ static void __dentry_lru_del(struct dentry *dentry)
 	list_del_init(&dentry->d_lru);
 	dentry->d_flags &= ~(DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST | DCACHE_LRU_LIST);
 	dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused--;
-	dentry_stat.nr_unused--;
+	this_cpu_dec(nr_dentry_unused);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -374,7 +398,7 @@ static void dentry_lru_move_list(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_LRU_LIST;
 		list_add_tail(&dentry->d_lru, list);
 		dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused++;
-		dentry_stat.nr_unused++;
+		this_cpu_inc(nr_dentry_unused);
 	} else {
 		list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, list);
 	}