diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 33fe39ad4e0327a91e925c10ad54629c5f7c763a..0cc3597c11971380716d10083eee9fa7660f82dd 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -546,11 +546,11 @@ static struct dentry *afs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	dentry->d_op = &afs_fs_dentry_operations;
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	_leave(" = 0 { vn=%u u=%u } -> { ino=%lu v=%lu }",
+	_leave(" = 0 { vn=%u u=%u } -> { ino=%lu v=%llu }",
 	       fid.vnode,
 	       fid.unique,
 	       dentry->d_inode->i_ino,
-	       dentry->d_inode->i_version);
+	       (unsigned long long)dentry->d_inode->i_version);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -630,9 +630,10 @@ static int afs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 		 * been deleted and replaced, and the original vnode ID has
 		 * been reused */
 		if (fid.unique != vnode->fid.unique) {
-			_debug("%s: file deleted (uq %u -> %u I:%lu)",
+			_debug("%s: file deleted (uq %u -> %u I:%llu)",
 			       dentry->d_name.name, fid.unique,
-			       vnode->fid.unique, dentry->d_inode->i_version);
+			       vnode->fid.unique,
+			       (unsigned long long)dentry->d_inode->i_version);
 			spin_lock(&vnode->lock);
 			set_bit(AFS_VNODE_DELETED, &vnode->flags);
 			spin_unlock(&vnode->lock);
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index d196840127c6bdf7174defa94fc7184c25e2ad92..84750c8e9f95be1b07ba30ed7ab4778cf1ae9599 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ int afs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
-	_enter("{ ino=%lu v=%lu }", inode->i_ino, inode->i_version);
+	_enter("{ ino=%lu v=%llu }", inode->i_ino,
+		(unsigned long long)inode->i_version);
 
 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index ed35383d0b6c4f9b53fcc536da045cacfaf6c123..b48324a94c2b55ad88e15a46aeb9d38fdd8c7d16 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1242,6 +1242,23 @@ void touch_atime(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_atime);
 
+/**
+ *     inode_inc_iversion      -       increments i_version
+ *     @inode: inode that need to be updated
+ *
+ *     Every time the inode is modified, the i_version field
+ *     will be incremented.
+ *     The filesystem has to be mounted with i_version flag
+ *
+ */
+
+void inode_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	inode->i_version++;
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+}
+
 /**
  *	file_update_time	-	update mtime and ctime time
  *	@file: file accessed
@@ -1276,6 +1293,11 @@ void file_update_time(struct file *file)
 		sync_it = 1;
 	}
 
+	if (IS_I_VERSION(inode)) {
+		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+		sync_it = 1;
+	}
+
 	if (sync_it)
 		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 21398a5d688d3e188325822c781ae19e8c67d6b9..9608839552b38cf9bbe2e212a23ca21fb69e4b42 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
 #define MS_SHARED	(1<<20)	/* change to shared */
 #define MS_RELATIME	(1<<21)	/* Update atime relative to mtime/ctime. */
 #define MS_KERNMOUNT	(1<<22) /* this is a kern_mount call */
+#define MS_I_VERSION	(1<<23) /* Update inode I_version field */
 #define MS_ACTIVE	(1<<30)
 #define MS_NOUSER	(1<<31)
 
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
 					((inode)->i_flags & (S_SYNC|S_DIRSYNC)))
 #define IS_MANDLOCK(inode)	__IS_FLG(inode, MS_MANDLOCK)
 #define IS_NOATIME(inode)   __IS_FLG(inode, MS_RDONLY|MS_NOATIME)
+#define IS_I_VERSION(inode)   __IS_FLG(inode, MS_I_VERSION)
 
 #define IS_NOQUOTA(inode)	((inode)->i_flags & S_NOQUOTA)
 #define IS_APPEND(inode)	((inode)->i_flags & S_APPEND)
@@ -599,7 +601,7 @@ struct inode {
 	uid_t			i_uid;
 	gid_t			i_gid;
 	dev_t			i_rdev;
-	unsigned long		i_version;
+	u64			i_version;
 	loff_t			i_size;
 #ifdef __NEED_I_SIZE_ORDERED
 	seqcount_t		i_size_seqcount;
@@ -1394,6 +1396,7 @@ static inline void inode_dec_link_count(struct inode *inode)
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 
+extern void inode_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode);
 extern void touch_atime(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry);
 static inline void file_accessed(struct file *file)
 {