diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index b2db4ed0fbc7..162d8f8993bb 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2846,6 +2846,9 @@ static int shmem_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 		buf->f_ffree = sbinfo->free_inodes;
 	}
 	/* else leave those fields 0 like simple_statfs */
+
+	buf->f_fsid = uuid_to_fsid(dentry->d_sb->s_uuid.b);
+
 	return 0;
 }