diff --git a/include/linux/fanotify.h b/include/linux/fanotify.h
index c73224315aee..6c6133f76e16 100644
--- a/include/linux/fanotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fanotify.h
@@ -83,11 +83,13 @@
 				 FAN_ALL_PERM_EVENTS |\
 				 FAN_Q_OVERFLOW)
 
-#define FANOTIFY_METADATA_VERSION	2
+#define FANOTIFY_METADATA_VERSION	3
 
 struct fanotify_event_metadata {
 	__u32 event_len;
-	__u32 vers;
+	__u8 vers;
+	__u8 reserved;
+	__u16 metadata_len;
 	__aligned_u64 mask;
 	__s32 fd;
 	__s32 pid;