diff --git a/fs/udf/super.c b/fs/udf/super.c
index 008bf96b1732..4baa1ca91e9b 100644
--- a/fs/udf/super.c
+++ b/fs/udf/super.c
@@ -2491,17 +2491,29 @@ static unsigned int udf_count_free_table(struct super_block *sb,
 static unsigned int udf_count_free(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	unsigned int accum = 0;
-	struct udf_sb_info *sbi;
+	struct udf_sb_info *sbi = UDF_SB(sb);
 	struct udf_part_map *map;
+	unsigned int part = sbi->s_partition;
+	int ptype = sbi->s_partmaps[part].s_partition_type;
+
+	if (ptype == UDF_METADATA_MAP25) {
+		part = sbi->s_partmaps[part].s_type_specific.s_metadata.
+							s_phys_partition_ref;
+	} else if (ptype == UDF_VIRTUAL_MAP15 || ptype == UDF_VIRTUAL_MAP20) {
+		/*
+		 * Filesystems with VAT are append-only and we cannot write to
+ 		 * them. Let's just report 0 here.
+		 */
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-	sbi = UDF_SB(sb);
 	if (sbi->s_lvid_bh) {
 		struct logicalVolIntegrityDesc *lvid =
 			(struct logicalVolIntegrityDesc *)
 			sbi->s_lvid_bh->b_data;
-		if (le32_to_cpu(lvid->numOfPartitions) > sbi->s_partition) {
+		if (le32_to_cpu(lvid->numOfPartitions) > part) {
 			accum = le32_to_cpu(
-					lvid->freeSpaceTable[sbi->s_partition]);
+					lvid->freeSpaceTable[part]);
 			if (accum == 0xFFFFFFFF)
 				accum = 0;
 		}
@@ -2510,7 +2522,7 @@ static unsigned int udf_count_free(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (accum)
 		return accum;
 
-	map = &sbi->s_partmaps[sbi->s_partition];
+	map = &sbi->s_partmaps[part];
 	if (map->s_partition_flags & UDF_PART_FLAG_UNALLOC_BITMAP) {
 		accum += udf_count_free_bitmap(sb,
 					       map->s_uspace.s_bitmap);