diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
index e9e750e59efc50c922122d22ba1ec7ca69775a54..e2d5105b7214ed1a28fadec398fcfb8f3e09600c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ fastboot               This option is used when a system wants to reduce mount
 extent_cache           Enable an extent cache based on rb-tree, it can cache
                        as many as extent which map between contiguous logical
                        address and physical address per inode, resulting in
-                       increasing the cache hit ratio.
+                       increasing the cache hit ratio. Set by default.
+noextent_cache         Diable an extent cache based on rb-tree explicitly, see
+                       the above extent_cache mount option.
 noinline_data          Disable the inline data feature, inline data feature is
                        enabled by default.
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index bc7684b6d57a77aa7f74d1777252ae2f361f51cb..92520228ce71a1c53d57bdc165532e0f105ad7e4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_nobarrier,
 	Opt_fastboot,
 	Opt_extent_cache,
+	Opt_noextent_cache,
 	Opt_noinline_data,
 	Opt_err,
 };
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ static match_table_t f2fs_tokens = {
 	{Opt_nobarrier, "nobarrier"},
 	{Opt_fastboot, "fastboot"},
 	{Opt_extent_cache, "extent_cache"},
+	{Opt_noextent_cache, "noextent_cache"},
 	{Opt_noinline_data, "noinline_data"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL},
 };
@@ -389,6 +391,9 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options)
 		case Opt_extent_cache:
 			set_opt(sbi, EXTENT_CACHE);
 			break;
+		case Opt_noextent_cache:
+			clear_opt(sbi, EXTENT_CACHE);
+			break;
 		case Opt_noinline_data:
 			clear_opt(sbi, INLINE_DATA);
 			break;
@@ -662,6 +667,8 @@ static int f2fs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root)
 		seq_puts(seq, ",fastboot");
 	if (test_opt(sbi, EXTENT_CACHE))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",extent_cache");
+	else
+		seq_puts(seq, ",noextent_cache");
 	seq_printf(seq, ",active_logs=%u", sbi->active_logs);
 
 	return 0;