diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
index 5ac1e01bbd4..5f500977b42 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ MAJOR:MINOR
 	non-block filesystems which provide their own BDI, such as NFS
 	and FUSE.
 
+MAJOR:MINOR-fuseblk
+
+	Value of st_dev on fuseblk filesystems.
+
 default
 
 	The default backing dev, used for non-block device backed
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index fb77e096213..43e99513334 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -488,7 +488,12 @@ static struct fuse_conn *new_conn(struct super_block *sb)
 		err = bdi_init(&fc->bdi);
 		if (err)
 			goto error_kfree;
-		err = bdi_register_dev(&fc->bdi, fc->dev);
+		if (sb->s_bdev) {
+			err = bdi_register(&fc->bdi, NULL, "%u:%u-fuseblk",
+					   MAJOR(fc->dev), MINOR(fc->dev));
+		} else {
+			err = bdi_register_dev(&fc->bdi, fc->dev);
+		}
 		if (err)
 			goto error_bdi_destroy;
 		/*