diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 9e7c5385699f..16ae55d347bb 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static int fuse_create_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry, int mode,
 		goto out_put_forget_req;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	ff = fuse_file_alloc();
+	ff = fuse_file_alloc(fc);
 	if (!ff)
 		goto out_put_request;
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index baed06ea7622..a28ced678d38 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int fuse_send_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, int isdir,
 	return err;
 }
 
-struct fuse_file *fuse_file_alloc(void)
+struct fuse_file *fuse_file_alloc(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {
 	struct fuse_file *ff;
 	ff = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fuse_file), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ struct fuse_file *fuse_file_alloc(void)
 		} else {
 			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ff->write_entry);
 			atomic_set(&ff->count, 0);
+			spin_lock(&fc->lock);
+			ff->kh = ++fc->khctr;
+			spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
 		}
 	}
 	return ff;
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ void fuse_finish_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
 int fuse_open_common(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, int isdir)
 {
+	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
 	struct fuse_open_out outarg;
 	struct fuse_file *ff;
 	int err;
@@ -120,7 +124,7 @@ int fuse_open_common(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, int isdir)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	ff = fuse_file_alloc();
+	ff = fuse_file_alloc(fc);
 	if (!ff)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 4fc5131f5c9d..86f013303828 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ struct fuse_file {
 	/** Request reserved for flush and release */
 	struct fuse_req *reserved_req;
 
+	/** Kernel file handle guaranteed to be unique */
+	u64 kh;
+
 	/** File handle used by userspace */
 	u64 fh;
 
@@ -322,6 +325,9 @@ struct fuse_conn {
 	/** The list of requests under I/O */
 	struct list_head io;
 
+	/** The next unique kernel file handle */
+	u64 khctr;
+
 	/** Number of requests currently in the background */
 	unsigned num_background;
 
@@ -499,7 +505,7 @@ void fuse_read_fill(struct fuse_req *req, struct file *file,
  */
 int fuse_open_common(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, int isdir);
 
-struct fuse_file *fuse_file_alloc(void);
+struct fuse_file *fuse_file_alloc(struct fuse_conn *fc);
 void fuse_file_free(struct fuse_file *ff);
 void fuse_finish_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 		      struct fuse_file *ff, struct fuse_open_out *outarg);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index fa474989ec76..0e15bc221d23 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ static struct fuse_conn *new_conn(struct super_block *sb)
 		fc->bdi.unplug_io_fn = default_unplug_io_fn;
 		/* fuse does it's own writeback accounting */
 		fc->bdi.capabilities = BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_WB;
+		fc->khctr = 0;
 		fc->dev = sb->s_dev;
 		err = bdi_init(&fc->bdi);
 		if (err)