diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index c54dad4e606..a10f2582844 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/fscache.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
 #include "afs.h"
 #include "afs_vl.h"
@@ -313,6 +314,7 @@ struct afs_volume {
 	unsigned short		rjservers;	/* number of servers discarded due to -ENOMEDIUM */
 	struct afs_server	*servers[8];	/* servers on which volume resides (ordered) */
 	struct rw_semaphore	server_sem;	/* lock for accessing current server */
+	struct backing_dev_info	bdi;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index 14f6431598a..e932e5a3a0c 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ static int afs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data)
 	sb->s_magic		= AFS_FS_MAGIC;
 	sb->s_op		= &afs_super_ops;
 	sb->s_fs_info		= as;
+	sb->s_bdi		= &as->volume->bdi;
 
 	/* allocate the root inode and dentry */
 	fid.vid		= as->volume->vid;
diff --git a/fs/afs/volume.c b/fs/afs/volume.c
index a353e69e239..401eeb21869 100644
--- a/fs/afs/volume.c
+++ b/fs/afs/volume.c
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ struct afs_volume *afs_volume_lookup(struct afs_mount_params *params)
 	volume->cell		= params->cell;
 	volume->vid		= vlocation->vldb.vid[params->type];
 
+	ret = bdi_setup_and_register(&volume->bdi, "afs", BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY);
+	if (ret)
+		goto error_bdi;
+
 	init_rwsem(&volume->server_sem);
 
 	/* look up all the applicable server records */
@@ -151,6 +155,8 @@ error:
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 error_discard:
+	bdi_destroy(&volume->bdi);
+error_bdi:
 	up_write(&params->cell->vl_sem);
 
 	for (loop = volume->nservers - 1; loop >= 0; loop--)
@@ -200,6 +206,7 @@ void afs_put_volume(struct afs_volume *volume)
 	for (loop = volume->nservers - 1; loop >= 0; loop--)
 		afs_put_server(volume->servers[loop]);
 
+	bdi_destroy(&volume->bdi);
 	kfree(volume);
 
 	_leave(" [destroyed]");