diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index e9cc3f0d58e2..a7b1d86b37c7 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 #define FAT_ERRORS_PANIC	2      /* panic on error */
 #define FAT_ERRORS_RO		3      /* remount r/o on error */
 
+#define FAT_NFS_STALE_RW	1      /* NFS RW support, can cause ESTALE */
+#define FAT_NFS_NOSTALE_RO	2      /* NFS RO support, no ESTALE issue */
+
 struct fat_mount_options {
 	kuid_t fs_uid;
 	kgid_t fs_gid;
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ struct fat_mount_options {
 	unsigned short shortname;  /* flags for shortname display/create rule */
 	unsigned char name_check;  /* r = relaxed, n = normal, s = strict */
 	unsigned char errors;	   /* On error: continue, panic, remount-ro */
+	unsigned char nfs;	  /* NFS support: nostale_ro, stale_rw */
 	unsigned short allow_utime;/* permission for setting the [am]time */
 	unsigned quiet:1,          /* set = fake successful chmods and chowns */
 		 showexec:1,       /* set = only set x bit for com/exe/bat */
@@ -48,8 +52,7 @@ struct fat_mount_options {
 		 usefree:1,	   /* Use free_clusters for FAT32 */
 		 tz_set:1,	   /* Filesystem timestamps' offset set */
 		 rodir:1,	   /* allow ATTR_RO for directory */
-		 discard:1,	   /* Issue discard requests on deletions */
-		 nfs:1;		   /* Do extra work needed for NFS export */
+		 discard:1;	   /* Issue discard requests on deletions */
 };
 
 #define FAT_HASH_BITS	8
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index acf6e479b443..93fbc8a7f098 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -814,8 +814,6 @@ static int fat_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *root)
 		seq_puts(m, ",usefree");
 	if (opts->quiet)
 		seq_puts(m, ",quiet");
-	if (opts->nfs)
-		seq_puts(m, ",nfs");
 	if (opts->showexec)
 		seq_puts(m, ",showexec");
 	if (opts->sys_immutable)
@@ -849,6 +847,10 @@ static int fat_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *root)
 		seq_puts(m, ",errors=panic");
 	else
 		seq_puts(m, ",errors=remount-ro");
+	if (opts->nfs == FAT_NFS_NOSTALE_RO)
+		seq_puts(m, ",nfs=nostale_ro");
+	else if (opts->nfs)
+		seq_puts(m, ",nfs=stale_rw");
 	if (opts->discard)
 		seq_puts(m, ",discard");
 
@@ -865,7 +867,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_uni_xl_no, Opt_uni_xl_yes, Opt_nonumtail_no, Opt_nonumtail_yes,
 	Opt_obsolete, Opt_flush, Opt_tz_utc, Opt_rodir, Opt_err_cont,
 	Opt_err_panic, Opt_err_ro, Opt_discard, Opt_nfs, Opt_time_offset,
-	Opt_err,
+	Opt_nfs_stale_rw, Opt_nfs_nostale_ro, Opt_err,
 };
 
 static const match_table_t fat_tokens = {
@@ -895,7 +897,9 @@ static const match_table_t fat_tokens = {
 	{Opt_err_panic, "errors=panic"},
 	{Opt_err_ro, "errors=remount-ro"},
 	{Opt_discard, "discard"},
-	{Opt_nfs, "nfs"},
+	{Opt_nfs_stale_rw, "nfs"},
+	{Opt_nfs_stale_rw, "nfs=stale_rw"},
+	{Opt_nfs_nostale_ro, "nfs=nostale_ro"},
 	{Opt_obsolete, "conv=binary"},
 	{Opt_obsolete, "conv=text"},
 	{Opt_obsolete, "conv=auto"},
@@ -1092,6 +1096,12 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options, int is_vfat,
 		case Opt_err_ro:
 			opts->errors = FAT_ERRORS_RO;
 			break;
+		case Opt_nfs_stale_rw:
+			opts->nfs = FAT_NFS_STALE_RW;
+			break;
+		case Opt_nfs_nostale_ro:
+			opts->nfs = FAT_NFS_NOSTALE_RO;
+			break;
 
 		/* msdos specific */
 		case Opt_dots:
@@ -1150,9 +1160,6 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options, int is_vfat,
 		case Opt_discard:
 			opts->discard = 1;
 			break;
-		case Opt_nfs:
-			opts->nfs = 1;
-			break;
 
 		/* obsolete mount options */
 		case Opt_obsolete:
@@ -1183,6 +1190,8 @@ out:
 		opts->allow_utime = ~opts->fs_dmask & (S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH);
 	if (opts->unicode_xlate)
 		opts->utf8 = 0;
+	if (opts->nfs == FAT_NFS_NOSTALE_RO)
+		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 
 	return 0;
 }