diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index a98cb4524e6c..bcc6c249b2c7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ xfs_iget_cache_hit(
 	if (lock_flags != 0)
 		xfs_ilock(ip, lock_flags);
 
-	xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ISTALE);
+	xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ISTALE | XFS_IDONTCACHE);
 	XFS_STATS_INC(xs_ig_found);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ xfs_iget_cache_miss(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip;
 	int			error;
 	xfs_agino_t		agino = XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(mp, ino);
+	int			iflags;
 
 	ip = xfs_inode_alloc(mp, ino);
 	if (!ip)
@@ -358,8 +359,11 @@ xfs_iget_cache_miss(
 	 * memory barrier that ensures this detection works correctly at lookup
 	 * time.
 	 */
+	iflags = XFS_INEW;
+	if (flags & XFS_IGET_DONTCACHE)
+		iflags |= XFS_IDONTCACHE;
 	ip->i_udquot = ip->i_gdquot = NULL;
-	xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_INEW);
+	xfs_iflags_set(ip, iflags);
 
 	/* insert the new inode */
 	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index f123dbe6d42a..7fee3387e1c8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -387,10 +387,11 @@ xfs_set_projid(struct xfs_inode *ip,
 #define XFS_IFLOCK		(1 << __XFS_IFLOCK_BIT)
 #define __XFS_IPINNED_BIT	8	 /* wakeup key for zero pin count */
 #define XFS_IPINNED		(1 << __XFS_IPINNED_BIT)
+#define XFS_IDONTCACHE		(1 << 9) /* don't cache the inode long term */
 
 /*
  * Per-lifetime flags need to be reset when re-using a reclaimable inode during
- * inode lookup. Thi prevents unintended behaviour on the new inode from
+ * inode lookup. This prevents unintended behaviour on the new inode from
  * ocurring.
  */
 #define XFS_IRECLAIM_RESET_FLAGS	\
@@ -553,6 +554,7 @@ do { \
  */
 #define XFS_IGET_CREATE		0x1
 #define XFS_IGET_UNTRUSTED	0x2
+#define XFS_IGET_DONTCACHE	0x4
 
 int		xfs_inotobp(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_trans *,
 			    xfs_ino_t, struct xfs_dinode **,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
index 9720c54bbed0..acc2bf264dab 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ xfs_bulkstat_one_int(
 		return XFS_ERROR(ENOMEM);
 
 	error = xfs_iget(mp, NULL, ino,
-			 XFS_IGET_UNTRUSTED, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED, &ip);
+			 (XFS_IGET_DONTCACHE | XFS_IGET_UNTRUSTED),
+			 XFS_ILOCK_SHARED, &ip);
 	if (error) {
 		*stat = BULKSTAT_RV_NOTHING;
 		goto out_free;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 5484888d39c4..e1c623b43ab2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -950,6 +950,22 @@ xfs_fs_evict_inode(
 	xfs_inactive(ip);
 }
 
+/*
+ * We do an unlocked check for XFS_IDONTCACHE here because we are already
+ * serialised against cache hits here via the inode->i_lock and igrab() in
+ * xfs_iget_cache_hit(). Hence a lookup that might clear this flag will not be
+ * racing with us, and it avoids needing to grab a spinlock here for every inode
+ * we drop the final reference on.
+ */
+STATIC int
+xfs_fs_drop_inode(
+	struct inode		*inode)
+{
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
+
+	return generic_drop_inode(inode) || (ip->i_flags & XFS_IDONTCACHE);
+}
+
 STATIC void
 xfs_free_fsname(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
@@ -1434,6 +1450,7 @@ static const struct super_operations xfs_super_operations = {
 	.destroy_inode		= xfs_fs_destroy_inode,
 	.dirty_inode		= xfs_fs_dirty_inode,
 	.evict_inode		= xfs_fs_evict_inode,
+	.drop_inode		= xfs_fs_drop_inode,
 	.put_super		= xfs_fs_put_super,
 	.sync_fs		= xfs_fs_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs		= xfs_fs_freeze,