diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index 1fceb320d2f2..5a726e992245 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct affs_sb_info {
 	char *s_prefix;			/* Prefix for volumes and assigns. */
 	char s_volume[32];		/* Volume prefix for absolute symlinks. */
 	spinlock_t symlink_lock;	/* protects the previous two */
+	struct super_block *sb;		/* the VFS superblock object */
 };
 
 #define SF_INTL		0x0001		/* International filesystem. */
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index da7498da80a6..0496cbbeda1b 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ static int affs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	sb->s_fs_info = sbi;
+	sbi->sb = sb;
 	mutex_init(&sbi->s_bmlock);
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->symlink_lock);