diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
index a6fc96e42668..0ad5039e49b6 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ static inline int is_dma_buf_file(struct file *file)
 
 static struct file *dma_buf_getfile(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, int flags)
 {
+	static atomic64_t dmabuf_inode = ATOMIC64_INIT(0);
 	struct file *file;
 	struct inode *inode = alloc_anon_inode(dma_buf_mnt->mnt_sb);
 
@@ -416,6 +417,13 @@ static struct file *dma_buf_getfile(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, int flags)
 	inode->i_size = dmabuf->size;
 	inode_set_bytes(inode, dmabuf->size);
 
+	/*
+	 * The ->i_ino acquired from get_next_ino() is not unique thus
+	 * not suitable for using it as dentry name by dmabuf stats.
+	 * Override ->i_ino with the unique and dmabuffs specific
+	 * value.
+	 */
+	inode->i_ino = atomic64_add_return(1, &dmabuf_inode);
 	file = alloc_file_pseudo(inode, dma_buf_mnt, "dmabuf",
 				 flags, &dma_buf_fops);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))