diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 835bb6024f7d47d1388c35212f9d22fd5f61c3e0..379ea2a9a70a1e6f69ea9d3b085fdd66610d5f8e 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ void fuse_dev_free(struct fuse_dev *fud);
  * Parse a mount options string
  */
 int parse_fuse_opt(char *opt, struct fuse_mount_data *d, int is_bdev,
-				struct user_namespace *user_ns);
+		   struct user_namespace *user_ns, int is_virtiofs);
 
 /**
  * Fill in superblock and initialize fuse connection
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 2e622217c539b09ac9b5b7523403efa4dbd2b5b5..e647c56f7b220270e05c0968cd009a860fd089f1 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -468,13 +468,19 @@ static int fuse_match_uint(substring_t *s, unsigned int *res)
 }
 
 int parse_fuse_opt(char *opt, struct fuse_mount_data *d, int is_bdev,
-		   struct user_namespace *user_ns)
+		   struct user_namespace *user_ns, int is_virtiofs)
 {
 	char *p;
 	memset(d, 0, sizeof(struct fuse_mount_data));
 	d->max_read = ~0;
 	d->blksize = FUSE_DEFAULT_BLKSIZE;
 
+	if (is_virtiofs) {
+		d->rootmode = S_IFDIR;
+		d->default_permissions = 1;
+		d->allow_other = 1;
+	}
+
 	while ((p = strsep(&opt, ",")) != NULL) {
 		int token;
 		int value;
@@ -549,6 +555,10 @@ int parse_fuse_opt(char *opt, struct fuse_mount_data *d, int is_bdev,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* no need to check rootmode/user_id/group_id for virtiofs */
+	if (is_virtiofs)
+		return 1;
+
 	if (!d->rootmode_present || !d->user_id_present ||
 	    !d->group_id_present)
 		return 0;
@@ -1201,7 +1211,7 @@ static int fuse_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	struct fuse_req *init_req;
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (!parse_fuse_opt(data, &d, is_bdev, sb->s_user_ns))
+	if (!parse_fuse_opt(data, &d, is_bdev, sb->s_user_ns, false))
 		goto err;
 	if (!d.fd_present)
 		goto err;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
index 4a8195a5b26aa413d9f9d4b88bc458cc6bea16ba..1e919633c8fc4f1f6256fd09075451e2b2150f2e 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ static int virtio_fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data,
 
 	mutex_lock(&virtio_fs_mutex);
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (!parse_fuse_opt(data, &d, is_bdev, sb->s_user_ns))
+	if (!parse_fuse_opt(data, &d, is_bdev, sb->s_user_ns, true))
 		goto err;
 
 	if (d.fd_present) {