diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index 12701a5677520599fbe3172c57e655e3d0805078..e9cc3f0d58e28e54ec820d5116b0d5b154299b12 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ struct msdos_sb_info {
 
 	spinlock_t dir_hash_lock;
 	struct hlist_head dir_hashtable[FAT_HASH_SIZE];
+
+	unsigned int dirty;           /* fs state before mount */
 };
 
 #define FAT_CACHE_VALID	0	/* special case for valid cache */
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 4b4d4ef910f39692425381f945d483fa487a3e8e..780e2080634644763b7020382de7ec807b3ee69e 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -488,10 +488,59 @@ static void fat_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	fat_detach(inode);
 }
 
+static void fat_set_state(struct super_block *sb,
+			unsigned int set, unsigned int force)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
+	struct fat_boot_sector *b;
+	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	/* do not change any thing if mounted read only */
+	if ((sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) && !force)
+		return;
+
+	/* do not change state if fs was dirty */
+	if (sbi->dirty) {
+		/* warn only on set (mount). */
+		if (set)
+			fat_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "Volume was not properly "
+				"unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. "
+				"Please run fsck.");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	bh = sb_bread(sb, 0);
+	if (bh == NULL) {
+		fat_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "unable to read boot sector "
+			"to mark fs as dirty");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	b = (struct fat_boot_sector *) bh->b_data;
+
+	if (sbi->fat_bits == 32) {
+		if (set)
+			b->fat32.state |= FAT_STATE_DIRTY;
+		else
+			b->fat32.state &= ~FAT_STATE_DIRTY;
+	} else /* fat 16 and 12 */ {
+		if (set)
+			b->fat16.state |= FAT_STATE_DIRTY;
+		else
+			b->fat16.state &= ~FAT_STATE_DIRTY;
+	}
+
+	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+	sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
+}
+
 static void fat_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
 
+	fat_set_state(sb, 0, 0);
+
 	iput(sbi->fsinfo_inode);
 	iput(sbi->fat_inode);
 
@@ -566,8 +615,18 @@ static void __exit fat_destroy_inodecache(void)
 
 static int fat_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 {
+	int new_rdonly;
 	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
 	*flags |= MS_NODIRATIME | (sbi->options.isvfat ? 0 : MS_NOATIME);
+
+	/* make sure we update state on remount. */
+	new_rdonly = *flags & MS_RDONLY;
+	if (new_rdonly != (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+		if (new_rdonly)
+			fat_set_state(sb, 0, 0);
+		else
+			fat_set_state(sb, 1, 1);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1362,6 +1421,12 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent, int isvfat,
 	if (sbi->fat_bits != 32)
 		sbi->fat_bits = (total_clusters > MAX_FAT12) ? 16 : 12;
 
+	/* some OSes set FAT_STATE_DIRTY and clean it on unmount. */
+	if (sbi->fat_bits == 32)
+		sbi->dirty = b->fat32.state & FAT_STATE_DIRTY;
+	else /* fat 16 or 12 */
+		sbi->dirty = b->fat16.state & FAT_STATE_DIRTY;
+
 	/* check that FAT table does not overflow */
 	fat_clusters = sbi->fat_length * sb->s_blocksize * 8 / sbi->fat_bits;
 	total_clusters = min(total_clusters, fat_clusters - FAT_START_ENT);
@@ -1456,6 +1521,7 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent, int isvfat,
 					"the device does not support discard");
 	}
 
+	fat_set_state(sb, 1, 0);
 	return 0;
 
 out_invalid:
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/msdos_fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/msdos_fs.h
index b9f12450efe88271e0a32a6c3d2e522f14bec482..f055e58b31473f76f946d0b03b0c6f9444e79519 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/msdos_fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/msdos_fs.h
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
 #define IS_FSINFO(x)	(le32_to_cpu((x)->signature1) == FAT_FSINFO_SIG1 \
 			 && le32_to_cpu((x)->signature2) == FAT_FSINFO_SIG2)
 
+#define FAT_STATE_DIRTY 0x01
+
 struct __fat_dirent {
 	long		d_ino;
 	__kernel_off_t	d_off;