diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index e67d6ba4e98e..391f2dcca727 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *shm_mnt;
 #include <uapi/linux/memfd.h>
 #include <linux/userfaultfd_k.h>
 #include <linux/rmap.h>
+#include <linux/uuid.h>
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -3761,6 +3762,7 @@ int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_POSIXACL;
 #endif
+	uuid_gen(&sb->s_uuid);
 
 	inode = shmem_get_inode(sb, NULL, S_IFDIR | sbinfo->mode, 0, VM_NORESERVE);
 	if (!inode)