diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index b280e07e162b1065203153115f320c77283998d4..0d07fb335b7883c2fa58e0d0823750c445e1ed40 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -647,6 +647,10 @@ static inline bool retain_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 		if (dentry->d_op->d_delete(dentry))
 			return false;
 	}
+
+	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DONTCACHE))
+		return false;
+
 	/* retain; LRU fodder */
 	dentry->d_lockref.count--;
 	if (unlikely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_LRU_LIST)))
@@ -656,6 +660,21 @@ static inline bool retain_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return true;
 }
 
+void d_mark_dontcache(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct dentry *de;
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	hlist_for_each_entry(de, &inode->i_dentry, d_u.d_alias) {
+		spin_lock(&de->d_lock);
+		de->d_flags |= DCACHE_DONTCACHE;
+		spin_unlock(&de->d_lock);
+	}
+	inode->i_state |= I_DONTCACHE;
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_mark_dontcache);
+
 /*
  * Finish off a dentry we've decided to kill.
  * dentry->d_lock must be held, returns with it unlocked.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index 0a5ac6f9a583491a3aa635291032e4764ebd68a4..5daef654956cb8ab89093d590c97d492e39058c1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ xfs_iget_cache_hit(
 		xfs_ilock(ip, lock_flags);
 
 	if (!(flags & XFS_IGET_INCORE))
-		xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ISTALE | XFS_IDONTCACHE);
+		xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ISTALE);
 	XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_ig_found);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ xfs_iget_cache_miss(
 	 */
 	iflags = XFS_INEW;
 	if (flags & XFS_IGET_DONTCACHE)
-		iflags |= XFS_IDONTCACHE;
+		d_mark_dontcache(VFS_I(ip));
 	ip->i_udquot = NULL;
 	ip->i_gdquot = NULL;
 	ip->i_pdquot = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index dadcf19458960de9cf2abf90b05798f285e1a5d5..47d3b391030d6da4ad89b5e8eaf4e735fbb115f1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ static inline bool xfs_inode_has_cow_data(struct xfs_inode *ip)
 #define XFS_IFLOCK		(1 << __XFS_IFLOCK_BIT)
 #define __XFS_IPINNED_BIT	8	 /* wakeup key for zero pin count */
 #define XFS_IPINNED		(1 << __XFS_IPINNED_BIT)
-#define XFS_IDONTCACHE		(1 << 9) /* don't cache the inode long term */
-#define XFS_IEOFBLOCKS		(1 << 10)/* has the preallocblocks tag set */
+#define XFS_IEOFBLOCKS		(1 << 9) /* has the preallocblocks tag set */
 /*
  * If this unlinked inode is in the middle of recovery, don't let drop_inode
  * truncate and free the inode.  This can happen if we iget the inode during
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 23a517a68c4b45d965d84288f11e8d93fcbd41ae..379cbff438bcee9d5059c8bc6794893405eebbf4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ xfs_fs_drop_inode(
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	return generic_drop_inode(inode) || (ip->i_flags & XFS_IDONTCACHE);
+	return generic_drop_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index c1488cc84fd94fcf2745a14834e0d902c2555f98..a81f0c3cf352994fcc6c00c3422a8ee12f1979d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 
 #define DCACHE_REFERENCED		0x00000040 /* Recently used, don't discard. */
 
+#define DCACHE_DONTCACHE		0x00000080 /* Purge from memory on final dput() */
+
 #define DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT		0x00000100
 #define DCACHE_GENOCIDE			0x00000200
 #define DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST		0x00000400
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1ae50aee30487370b33648df749e4c6c3a6e142d..f3e167ffbb744e2568d996170f3e0b0b2ebdfbbc 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2166,6 +2166,8 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
  *
  * I_CREATING		New object's inode in the middle of setting up.
  *
+ * I_DONTCACHE		Evict inode as soon as it is not used anymore.
+ *
  * Q: What is the difference between I_WILL_FREE and I_FREEING?
  */
 #define I_DIRTY_SYNC		(1 << 0)
@@ -2188,6 +2190,7 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
 #define I_WB_SWITCH		(1 << 13)
 #define I_OVL_INUSE		(1 << 14)
 #define I_CREATING		(1 << 15)
+#define I_DONTCACHE		(1 << 16)
 
 #define I_DIRTY_INODE (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)
 #define I_DIRTY (I_DIRTY_INODE | I_DIRTY_PAGES)
@@ -3068,8 +3071,10 @@ extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode);
 extern int generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
 static inline int generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	return !inode->i_nlink || inode_unhashed(inode);
+	return !inode->i_nlink || inode_unhashed(inode) ||
+		(inode->i_state & I_DONTCACHE);
 }
+extern void d_mark_dontcache(struct inode *inode);
 
 extern struct inode *ilookup5_nowait(struct super_block *sb,
 		unsigned long hashval, int (*test)(struct inode *, void *),