diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 4b106db2f97f..449c29ef1bce 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -242,8 +242,12 @@ __releases(fiq->lock)
 void fuse_queue_forget(struct fuse_conn *fc, u64 nodeid, u64 nlookup)
 {
 	struct fuse_iqueue *fiq = &fc->iq;
-	struct fuse_forget_link *forget = fuse_alloc_forget();
+	struct fuse_forget_link *forget;
 
+	if (fc->no_forget)
+		return;
+
+	forget = fuse_alloc_forget();
 	forget->forget_one.nodeid = nodeid;
 	forget->forget_one.nlookup = nlookup;
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index f070e380fd7b..2cbf96bb8022 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -236,9 +236,7 @@ static int fuse_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *entry, unsigned int flags)
 				fuse_queue_forget(fm->fc, outarg.nodeid, 1);
 				goto invalid;
 			}
-			spin_lock(&fi->lock);
-			fi->nlookup++;
-			spin_unlock(&fi->lock);
+			fuse_inc_nlookup(fm->fc, fi);
 		}
 		if (ret == -ENOMEM || ret == -EINTR)
 			goto out;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 90176133209d..570decd4b8d6 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -854,6 +854,9 @@ struct fuse_conn {
 	/** Passthrough support for read/write IO */
 	unsigned int passthrough:1;
 
+	/** Is forget not implemented by fs? */
+	unsigned int no_forget:1;
+
 	/** Maximum stack depth for passthrough backing files */
 	int max_stack_depth;
 
@@ -1023,6 +1026,26 @@ static inline void fuse_sync_bucket_dec(struct fuse_sync_bucket *bucket)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
+static inline void fuse_inc_nlookup(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_inode *fi)
+{
+	if (fc->no_forget)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock(&fi->lock);
+	fi->nlookup++;
+	spin_lock(&fi->lock);
+}
+
+static inline void fuse_dec_nlookup(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_inode *fi)
+{
+	if (fc->no_forget)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock(&fi->lock);
+	fi->nlookup--;
+	spin_lock(&fi->lock);
+}
+
 /** Device operations */
 extern const struct file_operations fuse_dev_operations;
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index da3e5d4c032c..57fe1bbc9a83 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -458,9 +458,7 @@ struct inode *fuse_iget(struct super_block *sb, u64 nodeid,
 		}
 	}
 	fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
-	spin_lock(&fi->lock);
-	fi->nlookup++;
-	spin_unlock(&fi->lock);
+	fuse_inc_nlookup(fc, fi);
 done:
 	fuse_change_attributes(inode, attr, NULL, attr_valid, attr_version);
 
@@ -1306,6 +1304,8 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_mount *fm, struct fuse_args *args,
 			}
 			if (flags & FUSE_NO_EXPORT_SUPPORT)
 				fm->sb->s_export_op = &fuse_export_fid_operations;
+			if (flags & FUSE_NO_FORGET_SUPPORT)
+				fc->no_forget = 1;
 		} else {
 			ra_pages = fc->max_read / PAGE_SIZE;
 			fc->no_lock = 1;
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_mount *fm)
 		FUSE_HANDLE_KILLPRIV_V2 | FUSE_SETXATTR_EXT | FUSE_INIT_EXT |
 		FUSE_SECURITY_CTX | FUSE_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP |
 		FUSE_HAS_EXPIRE_ONLY | FUSE_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP |
-		FUSE_NO_EXPORT_SUPPORT | FUSE_HAS_RESEND;
+		FUSE_NO_EXPORT_SUPPORT | FUSE_HAS_RESEND | FUSE_NO_FORGET_SUPPORT;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUSE_DAX
 	if (fm->fc->dax)
 		flags |= FUSE_MAP_ALIGNMENT;
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ static int fuse_fill_super_submount(struct super_block *sb,
 	 * that, though, so undo it here.
 	 */
 	fi = get_fuse_inode(root);
-	fi->nlookup--;
+	fuse_dec_nlookup(fm->fc, fi);
 
 	sb->s_d_op = &fuse_dentry_operations;
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(root);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/readdir.c b/fs/fuse/readdir.c
index 721fae563c84..6cda9b34a0e1 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/readdir.c
@@ -218,9 +218,7 @@ static int fuse_direntplus_link(struct file *file,
 		}
 
 		fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
-		spin_lock(&fi->lock);
-		fi->nlookup++;
-		spin_unlock(&fi->lock);
+		fuse_inc_nlookup(fc, fi);
 
 		forget_all_cached_acls(inode);
 		fuse_change_attributes(inode, &o->attr, NULL,
@@ -247,9 +245,7 @@ static int fuse_direntplus_link(struct file *file,
 			if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 				struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
 
-				spin_lock(&fi->lock);
-				fi->nlookup--;
-				spin_unlock(&fi->lock);
+				fuse_dec_nlookup(fc, fi);
 			}
 			return PTR_ERR(dentry);
 		}
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
index d08b99d60f6f..bf660880bc7a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@
  *  - add backing_id to fuse_open_out, add FOPEN_PASSTHROUGH open flag
  *  - add FUSE_NO_EXPORT_SUPPORT init flag
  *  - add FUSE_NOTIFY_RESEND, add FUSE_HAS_RESEND init flag
+ *  - add FUSE_NO_FORGET_SUPPORT init flag
  */
 
 #ifndef _LINUX_FUSE_H
@@ -421,6 +422,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
  * FUSE_NO_EXPORT_SUPPORT: explicitly disable export support
  * FUSE_HAS_RESEND: kernel supports resending pending requests, and the high bit
  *		    of the request ID indicates resend requests
+ * FUSE_NO_FORGET_SUPPORT: disable forget requests
  */
 #define FUSE_ASYNC_READ		(1 << 0)
 #define FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS	(1 << 1)
@@ -463,6 +465,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
 #define FUSE_PASSTHROUGH	(1ULL << 37)
 #define FUSE_NO_EXPORT_SUPPORT	(1ULL << 38)
 #define FUSE_HAS_RESEND		(1ULL << 39)
+#define FUSE_NO_FORGET_SUPPORT  (1ULL << 40)
 
 /* Obsolete alias for FUSE_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP */
 #define FUSE_DIRECT_IO_RELAX	FUSE_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP
