diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 93f77d438d3c..53cce8cc2224 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -801,6 +801,8 @@ retry_iget5_locked:
 			inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
 		if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
 			inode->i_ino = hash;
+			if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+				inode->i_data.backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdi;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE
 			/* initialize per-inode cache cookie pointer */
 			CIFS_I(inode)->fscache = NULL;